Latitudinal range: -25.3° to 10.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 6 samples

Brazil: Maracá Island, Pico da Neblina National Park, Rio Cachoeira Natural Reserve (>100 years), Palmeirópolis

Trinidad and Tobago: Mayaro, Crappo-Guatecare

See also Rudgea amazonica, Rudgea crassiloba, Rudgea freemani, Rudgea graciliflora, Rudgea jasminoides, Rudgea viburnoides