Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, DR Congo, India, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 10 m tall; fruits brown.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Brownea
Authorship
Jacq.