Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Nicaragua, Atlantico Norte (Puerto Cabezas)
14.094111, -83.369972
Location Remarks
Along Pozo Charlie Lau, Llano Brakira, N of Puerto Cabezas and E of road to Waspam; open savanna with woody vegetation along creek. 21 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Woody vine on forest edge, fruits dull orange.
Location
French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)
4.558556, -52.463417
Location Remarks
Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village
Collectors
Location
Peru, Loreto, Loreto (Nauta)
-4.456389, -74.078333
Location Remarks
Dist. Nauta. Caserio Miraflores en la boca del Río Tigre. Remanente de bosque primario en terraza alta. 132 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, R. Rojas, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, F. Díaz, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Liana; flores amarillas.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dilleniales
Family
Dilleniaceae
Genus
Davilla
Specific Epithet
kunthii
Authorship
A.St.-Hil.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 30.6
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.8
Global rank
#8,424 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
10%