Dombeya quinqueseta (Delile) Exell

A shrub or small tree. It grows 6-12 m tall. The fruit is oval and 5 mm across. The leaves are almost round and can have 3 shallow lobes. The leaves are 12-24 cm long by 10-21 cm wide. They taper to a short tip and there are teeth along the edge. The flowering shoots occur as 2 together on short shoots in the axils of fallen leaves. They are 4-19 cm long. The petals are spreading and white and 1-2 cm long.

Woodland, wooded grassland and bushland, mostly on rocky slopes; moist woodland; Faidherbia albida and Combretum glutinosum associations on ash piedmont soils; at elevations from 100-2,200 metres.

The fruit are eaten fresh. They are also made into a drink. The fruit can be dried and water added again later.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.