Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into Cameroon, Guyana, Marianas, Nigeria, Panamá, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Singapore, South East Community Development Council (Singapore, North-Eastern Islands)
1.410833, 103.976111
Location Remarks
Pulau Ubin. West side facing Singapore. Outward board scholl Area (OBS) Coastal secondary Fragrea forest.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Kota Kinabatangan)
5.671105, 118.391654
Location Remarks
Coordinates are the median GPS position of 40 specimen photograph(s) taken 2012-04-13 (90% of them within NaN km of it). Split from the legacy location "Beaufort" (681cfa54-e336-390d-b078-0f7211d55b7b) or "Kuching" (9135d8cb-aef2-388f-8be6-5bc86bb71097), which carried events from many places; not otherwise described.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Nypa
Specific Epithet
fruticans
Authorship
Wurmb
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 47.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
2.4
Global rank
#10,875 of 335,497
Top 4%
Extinction probability
5%