Published in L. (1767). In: Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, 2: 674 (Error 638).
The native range of this species is Comoros, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific, N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for fuel and food.