Dombeya wittei
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Lusaka, Cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
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Lusaka, Cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Jul 2010.
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Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Aug 2009.
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Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Aug 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Jul 2010.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Dombeya brachystemma Milne-Redh. |
| Common names: | Mundenda (Nkoya) |
| Description: | A soft-woody shrub up to 6 m tall, but mostly c. 3 m. Branchlets puberulous to pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaf-lamina 7-10 × 5-7 cm, unlobed, narrowly ovate, apex usually acuminate, margin closely and finely serrate, base 5-7(-9)-nerved, deeply cordate, upper surface scabrid-puberulous, lower surface softly and densely tomentellous, tertiary nerves distinct. Inflorescence 2-5-flowered, subumbellate. Petals pink, 2-2.5 × 1.5-1.8 cm. |
| Notes: | Almost confined to the upper Kafue Basin, with an extension across the watershed into neighbouring Katanga. Cultivated in gardens in Lusaka. Limited distribution. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | D.R. Congo. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Saturday 20 September 2014 |
| Literature: |
Fanshawe, D.B. (). District vegetation reports Division of Forest Research, Kitwe (roneo). Fanshawe, D.B. (1971). The Vegetation of Zambia. Division of Forest Research, Kitwe. Seyani, J.H. (1991). The Genus Dombeya (Sterculiaceae) in Continental Africa Opera Bot. Belg. 2 Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 521. Also as Dombeya brachystemma |
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