Common name: Pink Ball, Dombeya, Tropical Hydrangea • Bengali: Domrupani ডম্রুপানী
Botanical name: Dombeya wallichii Family: Sterculiaceae (chocolate family)
The Pink-Ball is a spectacularly large shrub with large heart-shaped, toothed
leaves and dense heads of little pink flowers which hang from foot long stems.
The plant is native to Madagascar, but widely grown as a large garden shrub.
It is cultivated for its beautiful pendulous bright pink flower-balls.
The name is in honor of Joseph Dombay, a French medical man and botanist who
made extensive plant collections in Peru and Chile. D. wallichii is a
broad-headed tree growing up to 30 feet. It has heart shaped toothed leaves up
to 12 inches long with pointed tips. Leaves have fine hairs on the underside.
The blooms of this plant have a pleasant
fragrance, almost like caramel corn.
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