Abundance: 0.13 to 1.10% (median 0.36%)

Latitudinal range: 0.5° to 13.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Biogeographic distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Equatorial Africa

Found in 14 samples

Senegal: Fathala Forest

Uganda: Budongo Sample Plot 1, Budongo Sample Plot 4, Budongo Sample Plot 6, Budongo Sample Plot 7, Budongo Sample Plot 8, Budongo Sample Plot 10, Ngogo (unlogged), Kanyawara (unlogged), Kanyawara (lightly logged area), Kanyawara (moderately logged area), Kanyawara (heavily logged area), Rabongo Forest, Budongo Forest Reserve (forest)

See also Lepisanthes, Lepisanthes alata, Lepisanthes decipiens, Lepisanthes tetraphylla