Latitudinal range: -14.7° to 19.3°

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

Found in 10 samples

Belize: Bladen Nature Reserve (valley floor, transect 2), Bladen Nature Reserve (valley floor, transect 3)

Brazil: Maracá Island, Minaçu, Ilhéus (O1)

Costa Rica: Bosque Humedo

Mexico: Paso de Ovejas

Panama: Gatun Lake Islands, Barro Colorado Island

Peru: San Alejandro (secondary forest)

See also Guettarda elliptica, Guettarda foliacea, Guettarda macrosperma, Guettarda platyphylla, Guettarda sp., Guettarda sprutceana, Guettarda viburnoides