Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Hypolytrum

Species:

Hypolytrum purpurascens

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte , Forb/herb

Native Range

South Tropical Africa: Angola, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is.