sentences:  It is native to the low-elevation tropics of Kenya and environs, where it grows best in humid heat, such as the wet coastal areas.The description of this species was published by Emilio Chiovenda in 1903, and acknowledges an earlier, invalid, description made by C. F. Hochstetter.It has been introduced across Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas, and the Pacific, where it is subject to eradication through management practices.