Latitudinal range: -10.9° to 0.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 8 samples

Angola: Kumbira Forest

Kenya: Sokoke Forest (lowland rain forest), Kakamega Forest

Tanzania: Amani Site 10, Mangala Forest Reserve (pre-fire)

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (unlogged), Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged), Makerere University Biological Field Station Compartment K-15

See also Sheppardia aequatorialis, Sheppardia gabela, Sheppardia gunningi, Sheppardia sharpei