Latitudinal range: -9.6° to 18.1°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 11 samples

Brazil: Ilha de Marchantaria, Linha 605 (hectare I), Peixe-Boi

Costa Rica: La Guaria and Sarapiquí annexes (inner quadrat sets)

French Guiana: Réserve Naturelle Volontaire Trésor

Mexico: La Pantera

Panama: Agua Salud, Gatun Lake Islands, Barro Colorado Island

Trinidad and Tobago: Mayaro, Crappo-Guatecare

See also Laetia corymbulosa, Laetia procera, Laetia thamnia