Brest Botanic Gardens successfully performed in vitro culture of a viable part of the seed embryo, saving the plant from extinction.

Through further vegetative propagation at Brest and Kew Botanic Gardens, a small population of Cylindrocline lorencei has been grown and efforts are now underway to re-establish it in its native habitat.

[1][2][3] Cylindrocline lorencei is a small tree growing up to 2 m (6.6 ft) high, with branches in the upper part that are densely covered in leaves in terminal rosettes.

Leaves are olive-green colored with yellow-green veins, grow in spirals, and are attached directly to the stem or with a very short petiole.

[1][4] The original specimen of Cylindrocline lorencei grew at 700 m (2,300 ft) elevation in Black River Gorges National Park in a region called the Plaine Champagne.