Latitudinal range: -0.2° to 6.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6)

Found in 15 samples

Cameroon: Zoulabot Ancien, Jalope, Dja Faunal Reserve (monodominant), Dja Faunal Reserve (mixed forest), Mbam minkom

Gabon: Lopé Reserve Site 2, Lopé Reserve Site 3

Nigeria: Okomu Forest Reserve Sample Plot 3, Omo Forest Reserve Plot A, Oban Forest Reserve

Uganda: Mpanga Research Forest Reserve (1968), Mpanga Research Forest Reserve (1982), Mpanga Research Forest Reserve (1993), Ngogo (unlogged), Kanyawara (unlogged)

See also Lovoa brownii, Lovoa klaineana, Lovoa swynnertonii, Lovoa trichilioides