Native to 40 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Cameroon, Cook Is., Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Malaya, Marianas, Senegal, Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata (Las Piedras)
-12.483333, -68.813333
Location Remarks
Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.
Collectors
Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, R. Pinedo
Location
Paraguay, Amambay (Pedro Juan Caballero, Cerro Cora - Picada Lorito)
-22.689167, -56.001667
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Cecropia
Authorship
Loefl.