Latitudinal range: -4.7° to 7.6°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Biogeographic distribution: Afrotropic, Palearctic, Equatorial Africa, Madagascar, Southern Africa, Southwest Asia

Found in 11 samples

Cameroon: Oku, Manengouba

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (secondary forest)

Ethiopia: Masha

Tanzania: West Usambara Catchment Forest (burnt)

Uganda: Bwindi (Plot A), Bwindi (Plot B1), Bwindi (Plot B2), Bwindi (Plot C1), Bwindi (Plot C2), Bwindi (Plot D)

See also Maesa, Maesa indica, Maesa lanofolato, Maesa montana, Maesa ramentacea, Maesa sp.