Orania ravaka

Orania ravaka is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.^[3]

Orania ravaka
Seeds
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Orania
Species:	O. ravaka
Binomial name
Orania ravaka Beentje[2]

Range and habitat

Orania ravaka is found only in northeastern Madagascar, around Antongil Bay, including the western Masoala Peninsula and the lowlands to the west and north. It is known from six locations. Its habitat is lowland rainforest, including ridge tops and valley bottoms, between 100 and 900 meters of elevation.^[1]

The species is threatened by habitat loss from shifting cultivation and logging.^[1]