Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L.

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Seychelles

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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