Dombeya acutangula, the bois bete or mahot tantan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues), and Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.[2]
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
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Rosids |
| Order: |
Malvales |
| Family: |
Malvaceae |
| Genus: |
Dombeya |
| Species: |
D. acutangula |
| Binomial name |
Dombeya acutangula
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| Synonyms[2] |
- Assonia angulata (Cav.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia botryoides (Baker) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia greveana (Baill.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia palmata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia rubifolia (Baill.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia stuhlmannii (K.Schum.) Kuntze in Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 173 (1903)
- Assonia tiliifolia Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Assonia triumfettifolia (Bojer) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 76 (1891)
- Astrapaea tiliifolia (Cav.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 58 (1826)
- Cavanilla acutangula (Cav.) J.F.Gmel. (1792)
- Cavanilla angulata (Cav.) J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1037 (1792)
- Cavanilla palmata J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1037 (1792)
- Cavanilla tiliifolia J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1037 (1792)
- Dombeya acutangula var. palmata (Cav.) Arènes in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 9: 198 (1959)
- Dombeya acutangula subsp. rosea F.Friedmann in Adansonia, n.s., 20: 445 (1981)
- Dombeya acutangula var. tiliifolia (Cav.) Arènes in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 9: 198 (1959)
- Dombeya angulata Cav. in Diss. 3: 123 (1787)
- Dombeya borraginopsis Hochr. in Candollea 3: 22 (1926)
- Dombeya botryoides Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 298 (1889)
- Dombeya cincinnata K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 271 (1895)
- Dombeya cincinnata var. stuhlmannii (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 32 (1900)
- Dombeya cordifolia DC. in Prodr. 1: 499 (1824)
- Dombeya greveana Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 492 (1885)
- Dombeya greveana var. metameropsis (Hochr.) Arènes in Candollea 16: 301 (1958)
- Dombeya leucorrhoea K.Schum. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 353 (1901)
- Dombeya metameropsis Hochr. in Candollea 3: 22 (1926)
- Dombeya metameropsis var. belambanensis Hochr. in Candollea 3: 68 (1926)
- Dombeya metameropsis var. kitombaensis Hochr. in Candollea 3: 67 (1926)
- Dombeya metameropsis var. typica Hochr. in Candollea 3: 67 (1926), not validly publ.
- Dombeya palmata Cav. in Diss. 3: 122 (1787)
- Dombeya palmatiformis Arènes in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 9: 209 (1960)
- Dombeya quinquecostata Arènes in Candollea 16: 298 (1958)
- Dombeya rubifolia Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 492 (1885)
- Dombeya stuhlmannii K.Schum. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 302 (1899)
- Dombeya tiliifolia Cav. in Diss. 3: 124 (1787)
- Dombeya triumfettifolia Bojer in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 18: 191 (1842)
- Dombeya urenoides Hochr. in Candollea 3: 21 (1926)
- Pentapetes acutangula (Cav.) Poir. (1804)
- Pentapetes angulosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 155 (1804)
- Pentapetes palmata (Cav.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 154 (1804)
- Pentapetes tiliifolia (Cav.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 156 (1804)
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It has charming pale (white or light pink) flowers in small clusters.
On Mauritius it grows in forests from 300 to 500 meters elevation. It is almost extinct on the island due to habitat loss; some 50 plants remain in the wild, growing in a narrowly circumscribed area at Corps de garde, Trois Mamelles, Yemen, Magenta and Chamarel.[3][1]
