Trees & flora
Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia
Dombeya rotundifolia, Dikbas or "South African wild pear" (it is not related to pear trees), is a small deciduous tree with dark grey to blackish deeply fissured bark, found in Southern Africa and northwards to central and eastern tropical Africa.
When to visit
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Best monthsAny month
Records2,766 records
Curve from 2,766 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Where you'll find it
Gauteng and beyond
Provinces where Wild Pear is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
2,766 records, iNaturalist
Parks where hosts record the Wild Pear
Places to stay
10+ results in South Africa
More stays nearby
- Which parks and reserves are best for the Wild Pear in South Africa?
- Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Wild Pear at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and Welgevonden Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
- Where can you see the Wild Pear in South Africa?
- The Wild Pear is most recorded in Gauteng (46% of records), Limpopo (20% of records), North West (16% of records), based on 2 766 iNaturalist observations. 14 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Wild Pear on site or nearby.
- When is the best time to see the Wild Pear?
- The Wild Pear is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Welgevonden Game Reserve: May-Sep, dry season. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
- What is the Wild Pear?
- Dombeya rotundifolia, Dikbas or "South African wild pear" (it is not related to pear trees), is a small deciduous tree with dark grey to blackish deeply fissured bark, found in Southern Africa and northwards to central and eastern tropical Africa. Formerly placed in the Sterculiaceae, that artificial group has now been abandoned by most authors and the plants are part of an enlarged Malvaceae.