“The Reniala reserve” is a private protected area in the South of Madagascar located at the exit of Mangily village, 27 kilometers from Tulear . Reniala is a malagasy name of baobab, “reny” means mother and “ala” means forest so baobab is called Reniala or mother of the forest due to its height and shape bigger than other trees surrounding her in the forest.

This reserve is held by an association called Reniala that gives the name of the area like their association. Not only the association’name makes the reserve called Reniala but the place is known as home of many species of baobabs within just 60 ha .