Malvaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Dombeya macropoda

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dombeya macropoda is a shrub or a small tree that can grow up to 12 metres tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant yields a good quality fibre from its bark and has a wood that works easily. Dombeya macropoda is experiencing continuing decline due to logging, shifting agriculture and deforestation. It is known from only one location and is possibly extinct. The plant is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - central and eastern Madagascar

HabitatTropical moist forest; at elevations around 1,000 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].