DOMBEYA CACUMINUM - 10 SEED PACK - EXOTIC MADAGASCAN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dombeya is a flowering plant genus of around 250 species. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometimes, misleadingly, allude to the superficial similarity of flowering Dombeya to pears or hydrangeas, which are unrelated. They grow chiefly throughout Africa and Madagascar. The generic name Dombeya is in honour of Joseph Dombey, a French botanist and traveller in Peru and Chile (1742-1793).           Dombeya cacuminum is a beautiful evergreen tree from Madagascar. It is a narrow upright tree which will grow 4 to 15 meters tall. It has large beautiful maple-like leaves and in spring the 30cm wide clusters of brilliant pink to coral red flowers hang at the branch tips. Unlike other Dombeya species in cultivation, the flowers drop to the ground prior to drying, making for a floral display on the ground and a much more attractive tree in and out of bloom.