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.
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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) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| 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. |
| Type location: |
DR Congo |
| 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: | |
| Habitat: | Banks of rivers and streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | DR Congo and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,C |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images 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. Germain, R. & Bamps, P. (1963). Sterculiaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X Page 242. 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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