[1] It grows in Venezuela and northern Brazil, in evergreen, sometimes riverine forests.

[3] The taxonomic history of Peridiscus and of Peridiscaceae is complex, and has been resolved by molecular phylogenetic analysis.

Peridiscus lucidus is a tree with glabrous leaves; its flowers grow on elongated racemes.

The flowers have pale green to yellow or white sepals (4–6).

The fruit is subglobose and greenish, with a single seed.