ON THIS PLANT
Chrysalidocarpus ovobontsira is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm tree found only in northeastern Madagascar. It is known only from the Antanambe forest in Mananara Avaratra, where it grows in lowland rain forest on ultramafic soil from 300 to 400 meters elevation. Fewer than ten individuals have been recorded, and the IUCN Red List assesses the species as Critically Endangered.