Latitudinal range: -19.6° to 10.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3)

Found in 9 samples

Brazil: O Deserto (várzea forest), Lower Miranda River, Fazenda Amoreiras, Rio das Pacas, Martinho Campos (Ustropept)

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

French Guiana: Réserve Naturelle Volontaire Trésor

Panama: Gatun Lake Islands

Peru: Braga-Supay (high restinga)

See also Zygia cataractae, Zygia cauliflora, Zygia gigantifoliola, Zygia inaequalis, Zygia juruana, Zygia latifolia, Zygia racemosa, Zygia sp.