Within the UAE it is known from a single low altitude locality within the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). Globally, this species is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and through to Pakistan according to Plants of the Wold online (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). However, there appears to be some uncertainty; Randall (2017) considers it a weed, dispersed by humans and livestock, that is native to Africa, whilst Pahlevani (2017) considers it native to Asia (Saudi Arabia and Yemen only) and Africa.

Within the UAE, it is widespread throughout the Hajar Mountains (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Globally, this species ranges from Kenya to northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Within the UAE, this species is recorded from the foothills of the Hajar Mountains, however, detailed distribution information was not given by Jongbloed et al. (2003). Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium hold records from scattered localities through the Hajar Mountains; Wadi Al Bih, Safsaf area, Al Manama, Kedra, Dibba-Khor Fakkan, Al Bithnah, and Hatta. It was not recorded from the Ru'us al-Jibal by Feulner (2011) or from Wadi Wurayah National Park by Feulner (2016). Globally, the native range of this species extends from Egypt to the Arabian Peninsula (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

In the UAE, this plant species is recorded in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain (Jongbloed et al. 2003), with an additional record from near Khor Fakkan on the east coast. The species is abundant in lawns in Abu Dhabi urban area (G. Brown pers. comm. 2019), however these individuals may well have been introduced or escapees. In the world, it is native to Tropical & Subtropical Old World, but it has been very widely introduced to the Americas and to Australasia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).

In the UAE, the species is common on gravel plains and wadi terraces of the western slopes of the Hajar Mountains (Feulner 2016). There are records of this species in Abu Dhabi Emirate (Brown and Sakkir 2004), and from the buffer zone of Wadi Wurayah National Park (park HQ area, and from disused wadi fields at low elevations in the Ru'us al-Jibal; Feulner 2016), although it is uncertain if the Ru'us al-Jibal localities mentioned by Feulner (2011) are within the UAE. Although it is a weed of cultivated crops and is likely to be more widespread than the available records suggest, the UAE native plant working group considered it to be native to the country. The native range of this species is the tropical and subtropical Old World, across almost all of Africa, east through the Arabian Peninsula to southeast Asia; very widely introduced to the Americas and to parts of Europe (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).

Within the UAE it has been recorded from Wadi Hayl in Fujairah Emirate (Jongbloed et al. 2003). The record mentioned from the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011) is from within Oman. Globally, this species is native to Macaronesia and the Sahara to India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

Within the UAE, Dyerophytum indicum is widespread throughout the Hajar Mountains and the Ru'us al-Jibal. It has also recently been recorded from the vicinity of Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2014). Globally, this species is native to the Arabian Peninsula and India (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

This species has been recorded at Qarn Nizwa (Jongbloed et al. 2003). More recently, it has also been recorded at Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2013). It is also known from Jebel Fayah and was previously recorded from Khor Zawra, although this locality was recently converted into a golf course. The estimated extent of occurrence for this species is 1,432 km². The global distribution of this species comprises the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula and western Socotra (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).

This species is locally abundant north of Wadi Qawr and south of Masafi in the Hajar Mountains, within the southeast of the UAE mountains (Feulner 2014, Jongbloed et al. 2003). It is typically found at lower elevations between c. 500 to 600 m (Feulner 2014). According to Feulner, this plant has a restricted range within the UAE (G.R. Feulner, in lit, MEW 2010). The global distribution of this species extends from North East Tropical Africa, Jordan to the Arabian Peninsula, and Pakistan to West Himalaya (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).

This species is found in scattered locations within the east of the UAE. Jongbloed et al. (2003) report it from mountains and wadis, and show scattered point localities east of Al Ain, from near Hatta, and two other eastern localities, but also show a significant distribution along the coast east of Abu Dhabi city. Feulner (2011) reports occurrence in the Hajar Mountains (wadis, lower slopes, foothills and alluvial plains) without details. Mahmoud et al. (2018) reported the species from plantations along the western slopes of the Hajar Mountains. <a href=""http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00003768"">RBGE Herbarium </a>holds a specimen from the east coast from the 'Kalba date gardens' (1993). The Sharjah Seedbank & Herbarium hold records of this species from near Wahala (Sharjah) to the east near the border with Oman, from the Ras Al-Khaimah coast east at Jazirat Al Hamra, from the Sharjah-Abu Dhabi border north of Al Shwalb, and from south of Dubai city. It has also been reported from Jebel Nazwar. The native distribution of this species is from north-east Africa (Egypt to Kenya) to north-west India, and it has been introduced to the Americas (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2018).