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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clutia pulchella, the lightning bush, is a southern African dioecious shrub of the family Peraceae. It occurs at middle altitudes in Namibia, Mozambique,[1] Zimbabwe,[2] Eswatini,[3] Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa.[4]
Clutia pulchella | |
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C. pulchella var. pulchella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Peraceae |
Genus: | Clutia |
Species: | C. pulchella |
Binomial name | |
Clutia pulchella | |
They may grow 2–3 metres (6.6–9.8 ft) high,[3] and occur on a variety of broken terrain types.
The twigs are green with some wart-like growths. Leaf shape is somewhat variable, either blunt-tipped ovate or broadly lanceolate. The foliage is bluish-green but sometimes interspersed with some bright orange leaves.[5] They are soft with venation that is transparent against light, besides the numerous glands that dot each leaf.[5][Note 1]
The axillary flowers develop into spherical,[3] clearly three-chambered capsules. The capsules are about 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in diameter, and may bear warts. Seeds are released when the dry capsules burst open.
It is a food plant for the Heidelberg copper butterfly. It is similar to the related monoecious species C. abyssinica, which has the leaves more elongated.[4]
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