Distribution
N tropical South America present, Southern America
Central America and N tropical South America.
Notes
Cultivated as a shade tree in tea plantations in W Java and Sumatra; altitude 250-1300 m.
Citation
Nielsen 1985 – In: Opera Bot.: 47
Steen. 1945: p. 509. – In: Blumea: pl. 1
Backer & Bakh. f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 533
