Yangambi is on the north side of the Congo River and lies on the R408 road which connects it to Kisangani 100 kilometers to the east.

[4] The site is very important from a biodiversity point of view since it hosts endangered tree species, such as Afrormosia (Pericopsis elata).

[6] During the colonial era, Yangambi was home to the Institut national pour les études agronomiques du Congo belge (INEAC), one of the world's most important tropical agriculture and forestry research centers.

This variety yields large numbers of small fruit with an excellent taste, is productive even on poor soils and is resistant to black leaf streak disease.

[7] There is some evidence that this cultivar may have originated in southern Thailand, introduced to the Kilo-Moto region in northeastern Congo and then brought to Yangambi before World War II.

[18] Since 2020, Yangambi hosts the Congo Basin's first Eddy covariance flux tower, installed by Ghent University.