Coffea ambongensis 

C. ambongensis Leroy ex Davis & Rakotonasolo

These are shrubs or small trees, multi-stemmed, generally well-branched, ranging from 3 to 5 meters in height, with a DBH of 0.5 to 4 cm. The branches have a diameter of 4 to 5.5 mm, with regularly flattened seasonal shoots, 1.7 to 4 mm in diameter, and are green or brown in color. The leaves are stipulate and petiolate, slightly pubescent (approximately 0.2 mm long): petioles are 1.2 to 2 cm long; the leaf blade is cordate or rarely oval (observed only in young leaves), 8 to 8.5 cm long and 4.2 to 7 cm wide; base is cordate to sub-cordate; the edge is ciliate, with hairs of 0.1 to 0.2 mm; apex is broadly acute to obtuse.

The inflorescence measures 11.5 to 16.3 mm in length, with a funnel-shaped corolla of 4.4 to 4.8 cm long, white in color, and pubescent (hairs of 0.4 to 0.5 mm long); the corolla tube is 3.1 to 3.7 cm long; filaments measure 0.2 to 0.5 mm in length; style is 3.4 to 4.1 cm long. The fruits are obovoid to somewhat pyriform, glabrous, and sessile (fruit without a pedicel). They are yellow or yellow-red when ripe. The seeds are elliptical or obovate, slightly invaginated, and light brown when dry.

C. ambongensis is distributed in western Madagascar, in the Mahajanga province, in the Mahajanga II district (Ambongo) and the Soalala district (Boina). It is found in the coastal and shrubby forests, seasonally dry, and on white sand at altitudes of 0-30 meters. Its phenology is imperfectly known, with a flowering/fruiting cycle probably between October and March.

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