Rhodolaena leroyana

Rhodolaena leroyana grows as a shrub or small tree up to 8 m (30 ft) tall.^[3] The twigs are hairless.^[4] Its subcoriaceous leaves are elliptic to obovate in shape and measure up to 12 cm (5 in) long. The solitary inflorescences have one or two flowers on a peduncle measuring up to 8 centimetres (3 in) long.^[3] Individual flowers are large with five sepals and five purple-pink petals, measuring up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long. The fruits are large and woody, with a fleshy involucre.^[4]

Rhodolaena leroyana is known only from the region of Atsinanana where it is confined to Betampona Reserve.^[2] Its habitat is humid evergreen forest from 300 metres (1,000 ft) to 550 m (1,800 ft) altitude.^[4] The conservation status of the species is vulnerable.^[1]