Gambeya boiviniana

Gambeya boiviniana, commonly known as famelona, is species of evergreen tree native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.^[1]

Gambeya boiviniana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Gambeya
Species:	G. boiviniana
Binomial name
Gambeya boiviniana Pierre (1891)
Synonyms[2]
Chrysophyllum boivinianum (Pierre) Baehni (1965) Gambeya boiviniana var. lavanchiana Aubrév. (1974) Gambeya madagascariensis Lecomte (1920)

Range and habitat

Gambeya boiviniana ranges through eastern, northern, and northwestern Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, between sea level and 1,750 meters elevation.^[1]

It is native to the lowland rain forests of eastern Madagascar, the humid montane forests of Madagascar's Central Highlands, the montane forests of Montagne d'Ambre on Madagascar's northern tip, and the subhumid lowland forests of the Sambirano region in northwestern Madagascar. It is also found in the Comoros.^[1]