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and July, October and November. The river is divided in two parts, the upper Sambirano (upstream) and the lower Sambirano (downstream). <!-- Harvesting between from ... to ... is done along the upstream part and from ... to ... along the downstream part. -->
Malagasy cocoa has special characteristics due to the particular climate and soil along the Sambirano river. The cocoa harvest grown in the this region contains about 10 percent % Criollo beans (cocoa grown elsewhere usually contains about five percent5%). Cocoa from Sambirano cocoa is generally suited for high quality, low bitterness dark chocolate and used in [[Madagascar Chocolate|Malagasy chocolate]] brands such as [[Chocolaterie Robert]] and [[Cinagra]].
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