Abundance: 0.03 to 5.81% (median 0.89%)
Latitudinal range: -4.9° to 7.6°Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (18), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)
Biogeographic distribution: Afrotropic, Equatorial Africa
Found in 22 samples
Cameroon: Mount Cameroon (P5), Mount Cameroon (P6), Oku, Manengouba, Mbam minkom
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (secondary forest)
Ethiopia: Masha
Kenya: Isecheno (1981), Isecheno (1999)
Tanzania: Kwa Josh Trail, Makangare bwawani, West Usambara Catchment Forest (burnt), West Usambara Catchment Forest (unburnt)
Uganda: Ngogo (unlogged), Kanyawara (unlogged), Kanyawara (lightly logged area), Bwindi (Plot A), Bwindi (Plot B1), Bwindi (Plot B2), Bwindi (Plot C1), Bwindi (Plot C2), Bwindi (Plot D)
See also Polyscias, Polyscias australiana, Polyscias elegans, Polyscias murrayi, Polyscias nossibensis, Polyscias repanda, Polyscias sp. 1