Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Acanthaceae

Genus:

Dicliptera

Species:

Dicliptera maculata subsp. maculata

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, West Tropical Africa: Nigeria, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Rwanda