Latitudinal range: -24.8° to -23.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1)

Found in two samples

Madagascar: Beza Mahafaly Reserve (unfenced), Andohahela National Park (xerophytic bush)

See also Gyrocarpus, Gyrocarpus asiaticus, Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius