[3] Schizolaena raymondii grows as a tree up to 14 metres (50 ft) tall.

Its subcoriaceous leaves are elliptic to obovate in shape and coloured greenish brown above and khaki green below.

[3] Schizolaena raymondii is known only from the northern region of Sava[2] where it is restricted to a single locality in the Ambondrobe forest.

[3] Its habitat is humid forest from sea-level to 500 m (1,600 ft) altitude.

[2] Although abundant in its single location, the species is not in a protected area, leaving it threatened by human pressures.