Ravenea julietiae

Botanical Description

Ravenea julietiae is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm tree growing 3 - 10 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 10 - 15cm in diameter, it is topped by a crown of 9 - 23 gracefully arching leaves that can be 110 - 280cm 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its hard wood. Although widespread, this is a very rare palm with only about 80 mature trees estimated for the entire distribution range. The population is declining. The main threats to this species are habitat loss through clearance for shifting agriculture and logging and felling of the palm for its trunk which is used as construction material. 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. ].