Ravenea albicans

Botanical Description

Ravenea albicans is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm tree growing up to 9 metres tall. The unbranched stem is up to 11cm in diameter, topped by a crown of around 8, large, ascending leaves each 3 - 4 metres long[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental. A rare palm with about 200 mature individuals estimated across all of the seven known sites. The current population trend is unknown. The main threat to this species is habitat loss through clearance for shifting agriculture and logging. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].