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Gambeya boiviniana, known as famelona, is an evergreen tree from the rainforests and montane forests of Madagascar and the Comoros. It is a forest tree rather than a commonly grown ornamental, so care guidance is limited to general tropical tree needs.
Gambeya boiviniana, commonly known as famelona, is species of evergreen tree native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Gambeya boiviniana ranges through eastern, northern, and northwestern Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, between sea level and 1,750 meters elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gambeya boiviniana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
