An indigenous sub - shrub of secondary scrub lands and grassy places of the wet lowlands up to about 700 m elevations. Due to not observing of it during the '
Flora of Ceylon project'
Herbert Huber noted in 1983 that it may have been possibly extinct in the wild due to intense exploitation (
Dasanayaka M.D. & Fosberg F.R., 1983, Flora of Ceylon Vol 4). However 2012 Red list categorized it under the
Endangered status. It is an important medicinal plant.
