Ravenea beentjei

Ravenea beentjei is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it grows in a frequently flooded area within a single locality of southeast Madagascar called Vondrozo. There are only about 40 mature trees known in their natural range. Like the majority of species in the Ravenea genus, it requires ample freshwater to survive. Therefore, it grows in valleys and swampy areas within the lowland tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests that carpet eastern Madagascar.^[1]

Ravenea beentjei
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Ravenea
Species:	R. beentjei
Binomial name
Ravenea beentjei Rakotoarin & j.Dransf.