Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Myanmar (Kachin, Mandalay, Mon); N-Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Sulawesi; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor, Bali)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Porana cordifolia Ledeb.; Index Sem. (Dorpat) 1824(Suppl.): 6 (1824)
= Porana dichotoma Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 99 (1825), pro syn.
= Porana elegans Zoll.; Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië 2: 571 (1845)
= Porana gagnepainiana H.Lév.; Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 58 (1916)
= Porana racemosa J.Jacq.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 614 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Porana racemosa var. tomentella C.Y.Wu; Yunnan Trop. Subtrop. Fl. Res. Rep. 1: 103, pl. 33, 4 (1965)
= Porana racemosa var. violacea C.Y.Wu; Yunnan Trop. Subtrop. Fl. Res. Rep. 1: 103, pl. 34: 1 (1965)