Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Malvaceae

Genus:

Pavonia

Species:

Pavonia urens var. urens

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, West Tropical Africa: Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Western Indian Ocean