Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach.
var. abyssinica

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Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

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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: 300 - 2300 m
Flowering time:Mar - Jul
Worldwide distribution: Sudan and Somalia southwards to Angola and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).
Mozambique distribution: N,Z,T,MS
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 11 July 2012
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 144. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 434. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. As Clutia abbyssinica

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. As Clutia abyssinica

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 41.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 125 - 127. (Includes a picture).

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 85.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97.

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Flora of Malawi: Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica
Flora of Zambia: Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica
Flora of Zimbabwe: Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Clutia abyssinica
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Clutia abyssinica
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Clutia abyssinica var. abyssinica.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135540, retrieved 19 March 2024

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