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Gonocarpus chinensis

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Family: Haloragaceae · Genus: Gonocarpus

Gonocarpus chinensis

Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia · cc_by

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Gonocarpus chinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Haloragaceae. This shrub is sometimes known by the common name Chinese raspwort. It is native to Australia Borneo, the Caroline Islands, South-Central and Southeast China, Hainan, Indonesia, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, the Philippines,Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam. It was introduced to the Hawaiian islands and California. It is not considered an economically important species but can be used for medicine and gardening as ornamental plants. This species lives in wet tropical regions, grasslands, riverbanks and in waste lands in elevations at 100 to 800 meters but at 1800 meters in Southwest China.

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