Dombeya pulchra (Cultivated) ?

Dombeya pulchra N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 142 1895. ?;

South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal) as per Catalogue of life;

Common name: Silver Dombeya, Silver white pear

Swamy/New series/ID/48 – Dombeya spectabilis: 3 images.
Please confirm the ID/ suggest a new ID for the plant.
Photographed in Pench National Park , M.P. sometime back. Suggested ID Dombeya spectabilis.

There are many species of this genus Cultivated in India.

BSI Checklist lists 8 of them (all of them cultivated) as below:

Name	Volume
Dombeya acutangula	1
Dombeya burgessiae	1
Dombeya calantha	1
Dombeya mollis	1
Dombeya platanifolia	1
Dombeya spectabilis	1
Dombeya tiliacea	1
Dombeya wallichii	1

I could not find any keys to differentiate them. Due to this there are a lot of misidentifications on the net.

Appears close to Dombeya pulchra N.E.Br. ? as per images herein.

Not sure about the actual identity.

Dombeya wallichii (Lindl.) Benth. ex Baill. ??

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Dombeya wallichi : Please confirm ID : 300411 : AK:
Is this Dombeya wallichi?
You had identified another Dombeya with slightly darker flowers recently.
This was taken at Kodaikanal in Oct, 2008

Architecture of the inflorescence is very different….
May be Dombeya burgessiae … which has flowers facing out….
Dombeya wallichii has a drooping inflorescence…. with flowers facing towards earth….

this is 100% Dombeya wallichi.
can you give me the link of which i had identified another Dombeya.

Appears closer to images at Dombeya pulchra N.E.Br.

I think D. wallichii is correct ID

Looks different from images at Dombeya wallichii

Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv. & Sond. ??

References:

Catalogue of life The Plant List Ver.1.1 Plantzafrica Flowers of India Dave’s Garden

Updated on February 19, 2026

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