Malvaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Dombeya pulchra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dombeya pulchra is usually a shrub growing up to 400cm tall, occasionally becoming a tree up to 7 metres tall[ 1926 Title Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Publication Strelitzia 6; 1-681 Author Retief E. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Year 1997 ISBN 1-874907-30-7 Description , 1954 Title Revision of the genus Dombeya (Sterculiaceae) in southern Africa Publication Bothalia 16,1; 1-9 (1986) Author Verdoorn I.C. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher Year 1986 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental. Dombeya pulchra has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' 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 RangeSouthern Africa - Swaziland, northern S. Africa (Northern Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal)

HabitatRocky hills, streambanks, tall grass with scattered shrubs[ 1926 Title Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Publication Strelitzia 6; 1-681 Author Retief E. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Year 1997 ISBN 1-874907-30-7 Description ]. Cooler regions with a fairly high rainfall, on rocky hills, in tall grass with scattered shrubs, on the edge of kloofbush or in damp places on banks of streams[ 1954 Title Revision of the genus Dombeya (Sterculiaceae) in southern Africa Publication Bothalia 16,1; 1-9 (1986) Author Verdoorn I.C. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher Year 1986 ISBN Description ].