Palisota hirsuta

Palisota hirsuta (Thunb.) K.Schum. is a member of the Commelinaceae family and is distributed across multiple regions in West and Central Africa. It is found in Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre, Guinée forestière, and Haute-Guinée. The species was first described in 1897.