Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Cyperus

Species:

Cyperus tenax subsp. tenax

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte , Forb/herb

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, West Tropical Africa: Nigeria, West-Central Tropical Africa: Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon