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Clutia abyssinica
abyssinica
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba.
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| Synonyms: |
Clutia glabrescens Knauf ex Pax |
| Common names: | Large, or Smooth-fruited lightning-bush (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or rarely a small tree, up to c. 4 m. Leaves ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, up to 16 cm long, fairly thinly textured, light green above, somewhat blue-green below, mostly hairless (in var. abyssinica), some orange-red leaves often present; margin entire. Flowers in axillary clusters, small, yellowish to greenish, unisexual on different trees. Fruit c. 5 mm in diameter, almost round, almost hairless, pale green with whitish pustules. This variety has hairless or almost hairless stems and leaves. |
| Notes: | See var. pedicellaris for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
| Habitat: | In clearings and along margins of evergreen forest, riverine forest and high rainfall woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 2300 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Jul |
| Worldwide distribution: | Sudan and Somalia southwards to Angola and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal). |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 30 August 2008 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Clutia abyssinicaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Clutia abyssinica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Clutia abyssinica
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Clutia abyssinica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Clutia abyssinica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Clutia abyssinica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Clutia abyssinica
JSTOR Plant Science: Clutia abyssinica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Clutia abyssinica
Tropicos: Clutia abyssinica
West African Plants database: Clutia abyssinica
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