Distribution: Madagascar, The Seychelles, Africa
Bioclimate: Humid, Subhumid, Subarid
Vegetation Formation: Thicket, Forest, Inselberg/Rock Face, Anthropic, Coastal Dunes
Elevation (m): 0-499, 500-999, 1000-1499, 1500-1999
Province: Fianarantsoa, Toliara
Protected Areas 
: Andohahela, Cap Sainte Marie, Kalambatritra
Important sites outside protected areas: La Table/St Augustin
Note: A weedy species native to Madagascar and SE Africa, that has been introduced and become naturalised in other parts of the world. The 2 varieties accepted by Humbert (Fl. Madagasc.) do not seem to us to merit recognition, and further we agree with Hilliard (1977: page 405) that these and the African S. skirrhodon DC are 'possibly no more than a form of S. madagascariensis', and we treat these names as synonyms accordingly. Matreial from high and low elevations seems indistinguishable.
Type(s) of syns and other voucher(s):
Updated on: 12 Nov. 2007
