Hildegardia cubensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae).

IX using specimens collected by Ekman in the municipality of Calixto García, eastern Cuba.

[3] Hildegardia cubensis is a large tree, perennial and deciduous, reaching heights up to 20 m (66 ft).The bark has a green to yellow-green colour and is fibrous and glabrous.

The fresh flowers are orange-yellow, length of calyx is 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in), 5 lobes, stigmas spatulate.

Due to its rareness, Hildegardia cubensis bast was substituted by raffia and similar palm leaves.