| published in: | Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 127. | ||
| distribution: | Equatorial Africa, from the Western coast to the Eastern | map: | |
| subfamily: | Lasioideae | ||
| no. of species: | 1 | cultivars: | not known |
| chromosome count: 2n=26 | |||
| morphology: | rhizomatous helophytes, hygrophytes, leaves sagittate, venation reticulate, petioles angulate and spiny flowers bisexual with perianth of 4 tepals | ||
| varia: | similar genus: Cyrtosperma | ||
![]() senegalensis |