Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Phyllanthaceae

Genus:

Phyllanthus

Species:

Phyllanthus niruroides

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Range

Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, South Tropical Africa: Angola, West Tropical Africa: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is.