Malvaceae FAMILY Endangered

Dombeya ranofotsyensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dombeya ranofotsyensis is a large shrub or a small tree[ 1949 Title A Taxonomic Revision of Dombeya Sect. Decastemon (Malvaceae) Publication Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 99(4):553-619. 2014. Author Applequist W.L. Website http:// http://dx.doi.org/10.3417/2011113 Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description A detailed revision of a section of this large genus. ] The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. Dombeya ranofotsyensis is known only from six subpopulations and has been collected in one protected area. It is threatened mainly by destruction of its habitat, which induces a continuous decline in the number of subpopulations and the quality of habitat, as well as an important decline of its extent of occurrence. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - southeast Madagascar

HabitatHumid and transitional forest to dry forest, bush and thickets, usually on gneiss; at elevations up to 780 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].