Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa), Southern America
Native of Brazil. Cultivated in many parts of Malesia as an ornamental, in Java also locally naturalized.
Taxonomy
There seems to be an older name S. splendens BUCHOZ, Hist. Règne Vég. II Déc. 3, t. 2 (1773) (n.v.). It is not certain that this is a valid name and that it is the same species.
Citation
SCHULT. & SCHULT. 1822: p. 185. – In: Mant.: descr.
DEN BERGER 1917: p. 101. – In: Trop. Natuur: f. 2
BRUGGEMAN 1939: Ind. Tuinb: 147: f. 148
KER-GAWL. 1823: Bot. Reg.: t. 687
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 628
