Dombeya amaniensis is a flowering plant species found only in Tanzania.

It seems to belong to an ill-defined clade containing congeners from eastern Africa and the Madagascar region, such as D. tiliacea and several species from the Mascarenes.

Among the latter, D. delislei, D. elegans and D. punctata might be somewhat closer to the present species than the "rainforest group" around D.

[2] Dombeya amaniensis is a rare tree of moist forest between 900 and 1,000 m ASL.

It has hitherto only been found at Makuyuni, on the Mahenge Plateau, and in the East Usambara Mountains.