Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Marantaceae

Genus:

Marantochloa

Species:

Marantochloa purpurea

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: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is.