It is native to mainland and maritime Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.

[1] Glycosmis cyanocarpa grows as a shrub or tree up to 15 m (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter to 30 cm (12 in).

[3] Glycosmis cyanocarpa was first formally described as Cookia cyanocarpa in 1825 by botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (Contributions to the Flora of the Dutch East Indies).

In 1827, Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel transferred the species to the genus Glycosmis.

[1] Glycosmis cyanocarpa has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.