Latitudinal range: -24.8° to 19.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), desert/xeric shrubland (1)

Found in 4 samples

India: Bodamalai Hills

Madagascar: Beza Mahafaly Reserve (unfenced), Andohahela National Park (xerophytic bush)

Mexico: Paso de Ovejas

See also Gyrocarpus americanus, Gyrocarpus asiaticus, Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius