''Chapelieria madagascariensis'' is a shrub growing 1.5 to 3 meters high, or a small tree growing from 5 to 8 meters high.
Range and habitat
''Chapelieria madagascariensis'' is native to Madagascar's eastern coast in Antsiranana, Toamasina, and Fianarantsoa provinces. Its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 23,707 km2, and estimated and the
area of occupancy
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(AOO) is 132 km2. The AOO may be under-estimated due to under-sampling.
It is native to coastal (littoral, sub- or supra-littoral) humid evergreen forest between sea level and 50 meters elevation, where it is found in primary, degraded, and very degraded forests on white or brown sands or clay-sand.