Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Polygonaceae

Genus:

Persicaria

Species:

Persicaria senegalensis f. senegalensis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Aquatic , Forb/herb

Native Range

Northeas, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda