Dombeya burgessiae Gerr. ex Harv.

 
  • 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.; Dombeya mastersii Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Ornamental. Flowers are showy and mildly fragrant
  • 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
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated in gardens
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Angola, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Angola, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • 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.
    • Ugemuge, N.R. 1986. Flora of Nagapur district. U.Rekha publishers
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dombeya burgessiae. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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