Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Cyperus

Species:

Cyperus purpureoluteus

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte , Forb/herb

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo