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Taxon:  Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult.



Summary
Genus:
Aerva
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
101480
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 5:565. 1819 (A. L. Jussieu, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 2:131. 1803, nom. inval.)
Verified:
07/18/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Iresine javanica Burm. f.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aerva persica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Aerva tomentosa Forssk.
Iresine persica Burm. f.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cameroun. 1963-
  2. Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
  3. Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  5. El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah. Flora of Egypt. 1980-
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  7. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  8. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  11. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  14. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  15. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009
  16. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  17. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  18. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  19. Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
  20. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  21. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
kapokbush –
pillow-weed –
Arabic
ra' –
tirf –
tuwaim –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Israel, Jordan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialsfiber Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101480. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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