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Dombeya burgessiae
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Castleburn cliffs, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Dombeya calantha K. Schum. Dombeya greenwayi Wild Dombeya johnstonii Baker Dombeya lasiostylis K. Schum. Dombeya nyasica Exell Dombeya rosea Baker f. Dombeya tanganyikensis Baker f. |
| Common names: | Mupfununu (Shona) Mupfurura (Shona) Pink dombeya (English) Surumene (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Common in the Eastern Highlands, occasional elsewhere |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Shrub or small tree. Leaves large, up to 15 × 15 cm, broadly ovate, 3-5 lobed with rough hairs on both surfaces. Flowers in many-flowered axillary heads, showy, pale to deep pink, 3-5 cm across. |
| Notes: | The flower dries while remaining on the tree to form papery wings, which act as an agent for seed dispersal by wind (image 3). |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In open woodland, along streams, on rocky outcrops and along forest margins, preferring higher rainfall areas. |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Jul |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 14 August 2006 |
| Literature: |
Cheek, M. & Dorr, L. (2007). Sterculiaceae FTEA Pages 64 - 65. Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 709 - 710. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 398 - 399. (Includes a picture). Seyani, J.H. (1991). The Genus Dombeya (Sterculiaceae) in Continental Africa Opera Bot. Belg. 2 Pages 66 - 75. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 232 - 233. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae FZ 1(2) Pages 522 - 523. |
Other sources of information about Dombeya burgessiae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Dombeya burgessiae pageAfrican Plant Database: Dombeya burgessiae
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Dombeya burgessiae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dombeya burgessiae
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Dombeya burgessiae
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Dombeya burgessiae
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dombeya burgessiae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dombeya burgessiae
JSTOR Plant Science: Dombeya burgessiae
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dombeya burgessiae
Tropicos: Dombeya burgessiae
West African Plants database: Dombeya burgessiae
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