Distribution : Amazonie brésilienne (Amazonas?, Amapá), Guyane française, Suriname, Guyana (Tropicos,
GBIF,
Flora do Brasil 2020).
Type : Brésil, Amapá, Rio Araguari, Camp 13, 01°45'N, 25° W, infrequent in varzea forest, 09/10/1961, fleurs femelles. Tree 5 m high, 10 cm diam., inflorescence pauciflorous, terminal, covered with hairy bracts-outer yellowish, inner greenish. J.M. Pires, W. Rodrigues & G.C. Irvine 51601 (HT:
NY00131266; IT:
RB00543549,
US00138126,
VEN54249).
Suriname, Zanderij I, 21/11/1934, plante mâle, W.A. Archer 2792 (PT:
V0263269F,
US00635381).
Suriname, Zanderij I, 01/12/1919, fruits, (PT: NY [ex U-4495]).
Non paratype ("may belong to
Duroia amapana"): [Guyane française/] Brésil, Amapá, Oyapock, 4 Km SE of Clevelandia, 27/07/1960, fruits. Low tree about 6 m tall. Fruit terminal.
H.S. Irwin, & L. Westra 47186 (
COL000149134,
VEN54260).