Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Marantaceae

Genus:

Marantochloa

Species:

Marantochloa leucantha var. leucantha

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, West Tropical Africa: Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is.