This species is known from at least 500 localities from India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Province of China, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan), Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. It has a very large extent of occurrence (EOO of 23,369,994 km²). It is known from many protected areas and is likely to be under collected. It grows along to river banks, lake shores and rocky stream beds. There is a decline in the habitat, however, given the large extent of occurrence and the number of known localities, it is considered as Least Concern.

This shrub or small tree is known from India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Province of China, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan), Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua, Papua New Guinea and Philippines.

No information is known about the population size and trends of this species.

This species is a deciduous shrub or small tree, growing 1–4 metres tall and is restricted to river banks, lake shores and rocky stream beds.

The major threats to this species are deforestation and habitat destruction through conversion to urban areas, agriculture and plantations.

The species provides a number of popular local medicines, which are gathered from wild plants. It is planted in Java and Sumatra in order to protect riverbanks and prevent soil erosion.

This species is known to occur in many protected areas. This species is kept in at least nine ex situ collection (BGCI 2023). This species was nationally assessed as Not Threatened in Taiwan, Province of China, in 2012 and again in 2020. This species was nationally assessed as Not Threatened in Sri Lanka (BGCI 2022).This species was nationally assessed as Least Concern in China (BGCI 2022).