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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Sphaeranthus africanus is distributed in Madagascar, and Asia through Malaysia to Australia. It is also reported from tropical Africa.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Australia; Bangladesh; Benin; Botswana; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte dIvoire; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; India (Andaman Is., Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Indonesia (Jawa); Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nigeria; Philippines; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; South Africa; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Uganda; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe
Additional data:
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Population [top]
Population: It is considered as a weed in the rice fields.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Sphaeranthus africanus is an annual. It is found in wet places, swamps, often in brackish water, sometimes temporarily submerged. It also grows in the rice field and considered as a weed.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: No
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: The whole plant is used in ayurvedic treatment of pitta epilepsy, migraine, jaundice, fever, cough, hemorrhoids, helminthiasis, skin diseases and as nervine tonic.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known threats to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Conservation measures are not known, but this species is a weed.
Citation: Rehel, S. 2011. Sphaeranthus africanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176878A7323007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176878A7323007.en. Downloaded on 17 January 2017.
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