Banara vanderbiltii is a rare species of plant in the willow family known by the common name Palo de Ramón.

It is originates from Puerto Rico in the hills of Rio Lajas, and the east peak of "Tetas de Cayey" mountains in Salinas, where there are fewer than 20 known individuals left in the wild.

Newer branches and the stems next to the leaves are fuzzy, covered in small, yellow, hair-like structures.

They give the flower a round profile, with a diameter of half an inch, with a resulting velvety texture.

When the recovery plan was approved, Palo de Ramón (Banara vanderbiltii) was known to have 11 individuals in two populations.

Since 1990, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources has cultivated about 201 individuals of Palo de Ramón, and introduced them in eight localities.

[7] It now occurs in one area along the northwestern coast, with one tiny population located near Cayey and a second, smaller one near Bayamón.

The present recovery plan goals for Banara vanderbiltii are to address the threats, most importantly, deforestation, that face the species.

The next step toward recovery is to maintain the current populations of Palo de Ramón (Banara vanderbiltii).

They speculate that restricted range and limited number of individuals suggests a low level of genetic variation.

283 "Law to designate Las Piedras del Callado as Natural Reserve", but the population in Rios Lajas is on private land.