Clutia polygonoides L.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Peraceae > Clutia

Characteristics

Dioecious shrublet from woody base with stiffly erect branches, to 60 cm. Leaves subsessile, narrowly elliptic, leathery, margins revolute, often deflexed below. Flowers yellow to orange, axillary, males clustered, females solitary.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Clutia polygonoides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:341604-1
WFO ID wfo-0000896780
COL ID WDLG
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Synonyms

Clutia polygonoides Clutia tabularis Clutia diosmoides Clutia daphnoides