Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv.

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Dombeya burgessiae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Cascades rd to plateau above Morumbodzi Falls

Dombeya burgessiae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Cascades rd to plateau above Morumbodzi Falls

Dombeya burgessiae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Cascades rd to plateau above Morumbodzi Falls

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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: Pink dombeya (English)
Frequency: Locally frequent
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.
Derivation of specific name: burgessiae after Miss Burgess of Birkenhead.
Habitat: In open woodland, along streams, on rocky outcrops and along forest margins, preferring higher rainfall areas.
Altitude range: 800 - 1870 m
Flowering time:Apr - Jul
Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution: N,Z,T,MS,M
Growth form(s): Tree.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species: Eagris sabadius ochreana (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated: Saturday 26 November 2011
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 92 - 93. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 275. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 586. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22.

Cheek, M. & Dorr, L. (2007). Sterculiaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa 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).

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 111.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259.

Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 59.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 74.

Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South 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).

Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 49. as Dombeya rosea

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 179.

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 Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 522 - 523.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Dombeya burgessiae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139860, retrieved 19 March 2024

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