Dombeya spectabilis

• Botanical Name : Dombeya spectabilis Bojer

• The generic name is given in the honour of Joseph Dombey, a French botanist and explorer.

• Common Name : Showy Dombeya, Maple Leaved Dombeya
• Plant Family : Sterculiaceae

• Earlier this plant was placed in family Malvaceae but later it is suggested that it should be placed in family Sterculiaceae.

• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 20, 21, 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park

About Dombeya spectabilis Plant :

• Habit : A small tree.
• Leaves : Large maple-shaped, broadly circular, trilobed, serrated marins, petiolate.
• Inflorescence : Axillary elongated cyme.
• Flowers :
  • Pinkish-white in colour, pedicellate.
  • Sepals linear lanceolate, pubescent outside.
  • Petals oblique-obovate, retuse.
  • Carpels 5, ovary globose, villose.
• Fruit : Capsule globose, pentagonal, villous.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : November - January
• Significance : Grown as an ornamental plant.