Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Marantaceae

Genus:

Marantochloa

Species:

Marantochloa filipes

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

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