Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Pontederiaceae

Genus:

Heteranthera

Species:

Heteranthera callifolia

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Aquatic

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Rwanda