Dombeya kirkii

Botanical Description

Dombeya kirkii is a much-branched, deciduous shrub usually growing 1 - 5 metres tall, sometimes becoming a small tree growing up to 15 metres tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1954 Title Revision of the genus Dombeya (Sterculiaceae) in southern Africa Publication Bothalia 16,1; 1-9 (1986) Author Verdoorn I.C. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher Year 1986 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].