Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Cyperus

Species:

Cyperus welwitschii

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Southern Africa: Namibia, West Tropical Africa: Burkina, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon