Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Melastomataceae

Genus:

Melastomastrum

Species:

Melastomastrum theifolium var. theifolium

Native Range

West Tropical Africa: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon