Abundance: 0.05 to 34.88% (median 0.86%)

Latitudinal range: -4.7° to 25.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (15)

Found in 16 samples

Bangladesh: Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

Cameroon: Oku, Manengouba

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

Ethiopia: Masha

India: Ialong, Khasi

Sri Lanka: Corbet’s Gap (natural forest)

Tanzania: West Usambara Catchment Forest (burnt)

Uganda: Kanyawara (heavily logged area), Bwindi (Plot A), Bwindi (Plot B1), Bwindi (Plot B2), Bwindi (Plot C1), Bwindi (Plot C2), Bwindi (Plot D)

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