Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. flumin. 10. 1829 ("1825"); icon. 1:23. 1831 ("1827")
Verified:
09/30/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Sao Tome and Principe | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria, Sierra Leone
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sao Tome and Principe
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Tabasco]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Rio de Janeiro]
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
| Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312794.
Accessed 18 December 2025.