Statut biogéographique : Parfaitement naturalisé depuis au moins 2005 à la pointe Liberté (estuaire de la rivière de Cayenne) (R.Girault, comm. pers. 15/02/2017). D'après Molino
et al. (Adansonia, 44(26):
[345-]662[-903]. 13/12/2022): "A species native to India, West Indies and Australia, cultivated and naturalised throughout the tropics. Cultivated and naturalised in Central America, the Greater Antilles, and in the Guianas; several naturalised populations have recently been observed in French Guiana (Delprete, pers. obs.)"