Dombeya rotundifolia, the 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.

Trees are normally 5–6 m tall with a single well-defined trunk, growing on deep soils, river banks and rocky places.

Flowers (15–20 mm diameter) inconspicuous round fruits form at the centre of the brown, dead, persistent petals.

Wood is bluish-grey, dense, hard and extremely tough, and was sought after during the era of building wagons and carriages.

It is drought and frost tolerant; it is popular with beekeepers due to its high nectar production that attracts a multitude of bees and butterflies.