Distribution : Actuellement connue seulement du Suriname: Monts Nassau, monts Lely, Brownsberg, monts Bakhuis, haute Kabalebo (Dalbergberg) (
GBIF), mais présence en Guyane française hautement probable (à rechercher notamment sur montagne Française et Abattis Kotika).
Type : Suriname, Lely Mountains (175 kms SSE of Paramaribo), E slope of plateau no.1, 500-700 m, 10/10/1976, fruits. Tree, 17m x 30cm. Bark brown with distinct vertical fissures. Two guans seen in tree but not observed to eat fruit. S. Mori & A. Bolten 8437 (HT:
MICH1102131; IT:
GH00045072,
K000187050,
MO-251724,
NY00055596,
P02428645,
US00108737,
V0360225F,
VEN407014).
Suriname, Lely Moutains, SW plateaus covered by ferrobauxite between 550 and 710 m, plateau 5, along base line, low savanna-like forest on ferrite, 30/09/1975, fleurs. Tree, 15 cm diam., 6 m tall, leaves waxy green grey beneath, petals pink, calyx more reddish. J.C. Lindeman, A.L. Stoffers, A.R.A. Görts-van Rijn & M.J. Jansen-Jacobs 597 (PT: MO, NY,
P04871626,
V0221419F).
Suriname, Nassau Moutains, svanna forest near km 11.6, 16/03, stérile. Lanjouw & J.C. Lindeman 2737 (PT: IAN).