Malvaceae FAMILY

Dombeya buettneri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dombeya buettneri is a straggly shrub or a small tree growing from 1 - 10 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of fibre and for local medicinal use. It has potential for use as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland or when establishing a woodland garden[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, south through Uganda, eastern DR Congo to Zambia.

HabitatSecondary forest, edges of riparian forest; a forest precursor in various types of secondary communities; Combretum-Terminalia- wooded grassland with tall Hyparrhenia, on rocky hillsides and outcrops; at elevations from 150 - 2,200 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].