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Clutia pulchella L.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, 0.01-2.50 m high; twigs warted, slightly appressed-hairy when young. Leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, warted, punctuate, ovate or ovate-oblong, rarely suborbicular, base cuneate, apex subacute or obtuse, margins flat, glabrous. Male flowers: few-flowered fascicles; sepals oblong-obovate, warted-punctuate, 3-lobate basal scale; petals deltoid-ovate, narrowed to wide claw, with simple basal scale; rudimentary ovary widened upwards, glabrous. Female flowers paired; sepals firmer than male, 2-or 3-lobate basal scale; petals as in male, with small basal scale; ovary glabrous; styles free. Fruit a glabrous capsule, warted-punctate. Seeds black and shining.
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A shrub. It is soft and leafy. It grows up to 2 m high. The leaf stalk is slender and 1 cm long. The leaf blade is oval or round and 5 cm long by 3 cm wide. It has spots that let the light through. Flowers of both sexes occur. The fruit is 3 mm across.
Dioecious shrub or small tree to 2 m. Leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, long-petiolate, thin-textured, pellucid-punctate. Flowers axillary, cream-coloured, males ± 3, females 1 or 2, ovary smooth. Capsules warty.
Shrub, up to 2.5 m high. Leaves distinctly petioled, pellucid-punctate, lamina ovate or ovate-oblong, rarely suborbicular. Capsule warted-pujictate. Flowers white.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 2.25
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Hot, dry localities, on rocky hillsides, along seasonal watercourses, also in riverine forest and mixed deciduous woodland; at elevations from 500-1,400 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 2-7
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit is used to curdle milk.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Fuel (unspecified), Rennet (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Clutia pulchella unspecified picture

Distribution

Clutia pulchella world distribution map, present in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:341610-1
WFO ID wfo-0000896938
COL ID WDLP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Clutia pulchella var. genuina Clutia pulchella

Lower taxons

Clutia pulchella var. obtusata Clutia pulchella var. pulchella Clutia pulchella var. franksiae
WorldFloraDB 2024