Laos, Khammoune prov., Boualapha distr., Vang Maner village, Palai mountain area, around point 17°30′13.6″N, 105°49′23.9″E, 520 m a.s.l.
Primary dry evergreen and semideciduous broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slope near karstic hill top composed with solid, marble- like highly eroded limestone at 300-500 m a.s.l.
Treelet 3-4 m tall on exposed rocks near mountain top. Not rare.
8 May 2018, L. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen, T. Maisak, Littideth Xaiyavongsa, Siphanom Keovankham, AL 805.