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Dry wasteland and roadsides. Love

Lowland coastal freshwater swamps, where it can grow in water up to 1 metre deep, and river banks. The soils of Nigerian freshwater swamps are light textured and generally acidic. Love

Moist, swampy ground. Riverine and groundwater forest. Gallery forests, freshwater swamp forest, along river banks and in the western shoreline forests of Lake Victoria, at elevations from sea level to 2,500 metres. Love

Inundated bottoms, stream borders and swamps. Love

Bottomlands, stream margins and swamps. Tolerant of poorly drained sites, it is frequently found in heavy mucky soils. Love

Occurs naturally in lowland forest on limestone and rocky coral outcrops on the coast, along the edges of mangrove forest and along tidal streams and rivers, often with its roots in fresh or saltwater. Love

Forests, especially in areas that are seasonally flooded, and by the coast, at elevations from sea level to 1,500 metres. Love

Seasonally flooded, humid forests. Found mainly in open, transitional vegetation, being rare in the dense forest. Love

Not known in a truly wild location. Love

Secondary vegetation; more or less open places in rain-forests; damp places in forest; forest gallery and clearings; stream or lagoon and lake sides; flooded ground; sometimes in villages. At elevations from 700 – 1,200 metres in Tanzania. Love

Moist forest at elevations up to 550 metres in mountainous areas. Freshwater wetlands, either coastal or moist upland rainforest. Love

Lowland rain forest. Dominates mainly in permanent or seasonal lowland freshwater swamps, preferably on mineral soils with a pH higher than 4.5. Love

Riverine swamps. Found in poorly drained or periodically flooded soils. Usually in permanently swampy areas, often forming extensive, high-density stands; also in gallery forests; usually at elevations below 500 metres, occ. to 900 metres. Love

In or near rainforests. Love

Common in coastal forests, margins of swampy places, along rivers, and even in dry forest. Lowland secondary forest, stream banks, swamps and marshes, mangrove areas, and coconut plantations at elevations from sea level to 500 metres. Love