Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Cyperaceae

Genus:

Scleria

Species:

Scleria tessellata var. tessellata

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Range

Australia: Northern Territory, East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Indo-China: Thailand, Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic, Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar