Dombeya decanthera

Botanical Description

Dombeya decanthera is sometimes a shrub or more commonly a small tree that can grow up to 12 metres tall with a bole around 10cm in diameter[ 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. , 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 subspecies farafanganica is recorded as growing up to 30 metres tall[ 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 fibre and wood. Dombeya decanthera is threatened by habitats loss due to logging and slash and burn which are continuously practiced. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 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. ].