Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Genus:

Alternanthera

Species:

Alternanthera littoralis var. littoralis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Range

West Tropical Africa: Benin, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon