Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Melastomataceae

Genus:

Tristemma

Species:

Tristemma mauritianum var. mauritianum

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Shrub , Shrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, West Tropical Africa: Burkina, Guinea, Nigeria, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Western Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar