Found wild in the Maranhao region of Brazil and then cultivated at the University of Texas in Austin from where it was distributed to various zoologists as a possible food plant for Heliconius butterfly larvae.
Nothern Region, Tonkolili District, Tonkolili Project. Southern Sula Mountains, Southeast of village Farangbaya near Bumbuna, between the bridge on the road to Simbili proposed iron ore pit and the footbridge between Farangbeya and Wandugu.
van der Burgt, X.M.|Kanu, Kabbie M.T.|Sesay, J.|James, M.
1384
N Madagascar, Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) Province, Baie de Diego Suarez (Antsiranana), lower slopes of Montagne des Français, c. 7.5 km fromm Diego suarez on the route to Ramena
Tsiroanomandidy: ca. 110 km, WNW of town, Foret de Bongolava, near Ambohitsaratelo Relict forest in a valley bottom in the midst of anthropogenic grassland
Elburz mts: above Gach-i-sar, S. of Kandevan Pass: ledges of silt like clay on N. Facing cliff of partially metamorphosed shale with water pereolating down it
Nothern Region, Tonkolili District, Tonkolili Project. Southern Sula Mountains, Southeast of village Farangbaya near Bumbuna, between the bridge on the road to Simbili proposed iron ore pit and the footbridge between Farangbeya and Wandugu.
van der Burgt, X.M.|Kanu, Kabbie M.T.|Sesay, J.|James, M.
1384
