Distribution: Endemic to Madagascar

Bioclimate: Humid, Subhumid

Vegetation Formation: Forest

Elevation (m): 0-499, 500-999

Province: Fianarantsoa, Toamasina, Toliara

Protected Areas : Andohahela, Pic d’Ivohibe

Note: Placed in synonymy under D. madagascariense and regarded as similar to plants from the DRC originally referred to as D. beniense by Breteler, we believe it is morphologically distinct, and it appears to me allopatric with D. madagascariense.

Type(s) of accepted name: DECARY 5538 (HT: P ; IT: MO, P, TAN, WAG)

Updated on: 06 Jun. 2008