Ravenea lakatra

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Arecaceae}}

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|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rakotoarinivo, M. |author2=Dransfield, J. |date=2012 |title=Ravenea lakatra |volume=2012 |page=e.T38670A2882408 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T38670A2882408.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Ravenea

|species = lakatra

|authority = (Jum.) Beentje

|synonyms=Louvelia lakatra Jum.

|}}

Ravenea lakatra is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:980045-1|title= Ravenea lakatra (Jum.) Beentje|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 20, 2020}} It is a palm endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss and overcollection. There are probably fewer than 30 mature plants remaining in the wild.