Published in Skeels. (1912). In: U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Pl. Industr., Bull. 248: 25.
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Queensland. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as a medicine and invertebrate food and for fuel and food.