Collection
Ex museo botanico universitatis, Helsinki (H) in Herbier Bernard de Retz
Finland
(FI)
Uusimaa (U), Helsinki, Kaisaniemi, Botanical Garden of Helsinki University, cult. in greenhouse. Native origin unknown, this species in known only in cultivation in Mexico, Veracruz, where it is cultivated as fibre plant
Prov. Tananarive. Along route #2 to Tamstavive [= Tamatave] from Tananarive between Ahimangakely [= Ambohimangakely] and Carion, in valley of Ampasimbe river
Boguen River valley, along lumber roads above Katrikoin, ca 20 air-km E of Bourail ; forested slopes along lumber road leading to Mont Mé Ori above Katrikoin
Toamasina : Phelps Dodge project site, ca. 15 air-KM NE of Moramanga, ca. 11 km E of Antanambao. Ambatovy, Antsahalava River east, hillside gradient : zonal mid-altitude rain forest, selectively logged (pump-station)