Latitudinal range: -12.9° to 9.2°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 13 samples

Bolivia: Beni

Brazil: Mucambú, Maracá Island, Fazenda Sao Sebastiao, Fazenda Amoreiras, Rio das Pacas

Guyana: Moraballi Creek Sample Plot II, Moraballi Creek Sample Plot V

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

Peru: Santa Teresa, Tambopata River (without bamboo)

See also Trattinnickia aspera, Trattinnickia burserifolia, Trattinnickia demerarae, Trattinnickia glaziovii, Trattinnickia lawrancei, Trattinnickia peruviana, Trattinnickia rhoifolia