Dombeya wittei De Wild. & Staner

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Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, Cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
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Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, Cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Jul 2010.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Aug 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Aug 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Jul 2010.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dombeya wittei

Lusaka, cultivated at Protea Hill Farm; Sep 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dombeya wittei

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 & 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:
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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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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Dombeya wittei.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=194000, retrieved 4 November 2024

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