Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Eleocharis

Species:

Eleocharis variegata

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Botswana, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Rwanda