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<big>''[[Dombeya torrida]]'' (J.F.Gmel.) Bamps</big>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Dombeya torrida'' (PROTA)}}
:Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 32: 170 (1962).
:Family: Sterculiaceae (APG: Malvaceae)
:Chromosome number: 2''n'' = 60
== Vernacular names ==
*Forest dombeya (En).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
The fine hairs on the fruit may cause eye irritation.
== Botany Description ==
*Shrub or small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m tall; bole up to 120 cm in diameter, generally slightly curved or crooked; bark grey and smooth, slightly grooved with age, with lenticels; crown umbrella-shaped; young branches often red. *Leaves alternate, simple; stipules 0.5–2.5 cm × 1–8 mm, caducous to persistent; petiole up to 20(–28) cm long; blade heart-shaped, very rarely lobed, 3–32(–42) cm × 2.5–23(–32) cm, base deeply cordate, apex acuminate, margin serrate, densely hairy especially on the reddish veins, basal veins 7–9. *Inflorescence an axillary, 5.5–21.5 cm long, umbel-like cyme or 1–2 times bifurcate with umbel-like branches, many-flowered; peduncle 2–13(–17) cm long; branches up to 3(–5) cm long. *Flowers bisexual, regular, 5-merous; pedicel 1–6 cm long; calyx with short tube, lobes 5–13 mm × 2–4 mm, hairy, often with long hairs basally; petals obliquely obovate, 8–21 mm × 7–20(–28) mm, white or pink, with or without red centre or red veins, persistent and papery in fruit; stamens up to 11 mm long, in 5 groups of 2–3(–4) alternating with 5 linear staminodes 4.5–13 mm long, all united into a red basal tube 1.5–7 mm long; ovary superior, globose or ovoid, hairy, 5-celled. *Fruit an ovoid to globose capsule 4–10 mm long, long-hairy, up to 10-seeded. *Seeds ovoid-oblong, 3(–4) mm × 2 mm, reddish brown to dark brown. *Seedling with epigeal germination. == Other botanical information ==
''Dombeya'' comprises about 200 species, mainly distributed in Madagascar, with about 20 species in the African mainland. ''Dombeya torrida'' is an extremely variable species. Two subspecies have been distinguished:
The seed normally germinates in 15–20 days. Growth is fairly fast.
== Ecology ==
''Dombeya torrida'' occurs at 1600–3400 m altitude in forest, scrub, secondary bushland, grassland and cultivated land.
== Management ==
* Kokwaro, J.O., 1993. Medicinal plants of East Africa. 2nd Edition. Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi, Kenya. 401 pp.
* Lovett, J.C., Ruffo, C.K., Gereau, R.E. & Taplin, J.R.D., 2006. Field guide to the moist forest trees of Tanzania. [Internet] Centre for Ecology Law and Policy, Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom. http://www.york.ac.uk/ res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/ tree%20guide/guide.htm. April 2006.
* Takahashi, A., 1978. Compilation of data on the mechanical properties of foreign woods (part 3) Africa. Shimane University, Matsue, Japan, 248 pp.
== Author(s) ==
* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Brink, M., 2007. '''Dombeya torrida''' (J.F.Gmel.) Bamps. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
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