Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Phyllanthaceae

Genus:

Phyllanthus

Species:

Phyllanthus polyspermus

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is.