Isotype of Dombeya schimperianaA.Rich. [family STERCULIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dombeya torrida(J.F.Gmel.) P.Bamps [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Seyani J., 1981
Related name
Dombeya torrida
Dombeya schimperiana
Xeropetalum hirsutum
Flora
Entry for DOMBEYA Schimperiana Rich. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 214, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
DOMBEYA SchimperianaRich. [family ], Fl. Abyss. i. 78.
Xeropetalum hirsutumHochst. [family STERCULIACEAE], Pl. Schimp. Abyss.
Information
A tall tree. Leafstalks 3–5 in. long, covered with rufous spreading villi, as are also the disk and the prominent nerves of the leaf; blades 4–6 in. long, 3–4 in. wide, cordate, oblong, acuminate, dentate, palmately 5–9-nerved, downy on both surfaces. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate. Peduncles terminal and axillary, 1–2 in. long, much shorter than the petioles; pedicels numerous, umbellate, nearly as long as the peduncles. Bracts oval or oblong, acute, caducous. Flower-buds oblong-ovoid. Flowers large. Sepals lanceolate, reflexed. Petals longer than the sepals, broadly obovate, oblique, tapering at the base. Stamens united at the base for less than half their length. Style hairy at the base; stigmas included.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
A handsome species with large leaves, the disk of which at the junction with the petiole is marked with a patch of rufous hairs.
