Canarium elegans

Canarium elegans is native to northeastern Madagascar, from the Masoala Peninsula to Marojejy National Park. It is known from four locations, with an estimated extent of occurrence of 5,197 km² and an estimated area of occupancy of 24 km². It inhabits humid evergreen lowland forests, including dense lowland forest, sub-littoral forest, and wet forest on steep slopes, between sea level and 400 meters elevation.^[1]

There are six known subpopulations. The species' population is thought to be decreasing from illegal selective logging and habitat loss caused by deforestation for shifting cultivation and mining. The species' conservation status is assessed as endangered.^[1]