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Synonyms: |
Dombeya brachystemma Milne-Redh. |
Common names: | Mundenda (Nkoya) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native & cultivated |
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: |
DRC |
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: | |
Flowering time: | Jul - Aug |
Worldwide distribution: | D.R. Congo. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W,C |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,C |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content 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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