Dombeya burgessiae Gerr. ex Harv. & Sond.

 
  • Family : STERCULIACEAE
    (Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Dombeya calantha K.Schum.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv. & Sond.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Key identification features : Branches villous with white fragrant flowers
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated in gardens
  • Native : South and Central Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dombeya burgessiae. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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