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Cajanus scarabaeoides
Country
| Country | Viet Nam |
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| Continent Ocean | Asia |
Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae (COL) |
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| Phylum | Tracheophyta (COL) |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (COL) |
| Order | Fabales (COL) |
| Family | Fabaceae (COL) |
Taxonomy
| Genus | Cajanus | Reference | |
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| SubGenus | Vernacular Name | ||
| Species | scarabaeoides | IUCN Threat Status-Year | Least Concern, 2012 |
| SubSpecies | Nat'l Threat Status-Year | Not Evaluated, 2000 | |
| Infraspecies | Reason for Change | ||
| Infraspecies Rank | CITES | ||
| Taxonomic Group | Plants | Native Status | Native |
| Scientific Name Author | (L.)Thouars | Country Distribution | Viet Nam |
| Citation | Description | Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This is an exteremely widely distributed species. It is native in much of South East Asia, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Australia. It is also introduced in coastal west Africa and is considered a weed of open grasslands on Pacific islands.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, Queensland, South Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Victoria, Western Australia, Western Australia); Bangladesh; Bhutan; China (Anhui, Fujian, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Hong Kong; India (Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Assam, Bihar, Bihar, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Daman, Delhi, Delhi, Diu, Diu, Goa, Goa, Gujarat, Gujarat, Haryana, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Karnataka, Kerala, Kerala, Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Manipur, Manipur, Meghalaya, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Mizoram, Nagaland, Nagaland, Orissa, Orissa, Pondicherry, Pondicherry, Punjab, Punjab, Rajasthan, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, West Bengal); Indonesia (Jawa, Sulawesi); Japan; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China
Introduced:
Fiji; Ghana; Madagascar; Mali; Mauritius; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
Additional data:
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 1000
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Population [top]
Population: This is a common and widespread species with a large inferred population. The most recent herbarium record found was collected in 2004.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This trailing herb or climbing species may be annual or perennial. It occurs in open grassland, dry scrub and deciduous monsoon forests. It also occurs on ridges between cultivated fields and along roadsides.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is useful as a legume member of pasture vegetation and as a green manure. It is also reported to have been used in the treatment of diarrhoea in cattle (van der Maesen 1985) and as a traditional Chinese medicine for improving digestion and diuresis (Zhou 2002)
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): This is a common and widespread species with no major threats.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No specific in situ conservation measures are in place or, at present, needed for this common and widespread species. It has been recorded in protected areas, such as the Ritigala Natural Reserve in Sri Lanka. It is maintained as a genetic resource at ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) in India, in the Pigeon Pea collection and seed has been collected by the Millennium Seedbank Project Partnership. It is also recorded from botanic gardens such as the State Botanical Garden in Orissa.
Citation: Chadburn, H. 2012. Cajanus scarabaeoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19892765A20032501. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892765A20032501.en. Downloaded on 20 February 2019.
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Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Cajanus scarabaeoides, click this link: Synonyms. |
Atylosia pauciflora (Wight & Arn.)Druce ¦ Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.)Benth. ¦ Cantharospermum pauciflorum Wight & Arn. ¦ Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.)Baill. ¦ Cantharospermum scarabaeoideum (L.)Baill. ¦ Dolichos medicagineus Roxb. ¦ Dolichos minutus Wight & Arn. ¦ Dolichos scarabaeoides L. ¦ Rhynchosia biflora DC. ¦ Rhynchosia scarabaeoides (L.)DC. ¦ Stizolobium scarabaeoides (L.)Spreng. ¦ |
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Species Record Updated By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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