Palicourea tomentosa is a species in the Palicourea genus. This name is accepted name for the species in the family Rubiaceae subfamily Rubioideae, tribe Palicoureeae, . This species is found in Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela.