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Clutia abyssinica

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Identification
Isotype of Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Clutia pedicellaris
  • Phyllanthus unrecorded
  • Clutia myricoides
  • Clutia lanceolata
  • Clutia glabrescens
  • Clutia richardiana
  • Clutia anomala
  • Clutia mollis
  • Clutia abyssinica

Flora

Entry for CLUTIA abyssinica Jaub. & Spach [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Carter (Euphorbia, Monadenium), M. G. Gilbert (Acalypha, Andrachne, Antidesma, Bridelia, Caperonia, Cephalocroton, Chrozophora, Clutia, Dalechampia, Flueggea, Givotia, Manihot, Meineckia, Micrococca, Oldfieldia, Phyllanthus, Ricinus, Suregada, Tragia), and M. Thulin (Croton, Drypetes, Erythrococca, Excoecaria, Jatropha, Spirostachys and Thecacoris) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CLUTIA abyssinica Jaub. & Spach [family EUPHORBIACEAE], (1855).
Information
Herb or shrub 1–2(–4) m high (or tree to 8 m). Petiole 5–23 mm long; leaf-blade lanceolate, elliptic (or ovate), 2–17(–20) x 1–5.5(–6) cm, base tapered to rounded, tip subacute or obtuse. Male flowers: pedicels 2–8(–10) mm long, usually hairy above articulation; sepals obovate, 2–2.5 x 1–1.5 mm, pale green, each with 3 slender, hooked, pale glands at base; petals with claw 0.5–1 mm, limb 1.5 x 1–1.5 mm, pale greenish yellow or white; disc glands 5, opposite petals; column c. 1.5 mm long, filaments c. 1 mm long; pistillode as long as column. Female flowers: pedicels c. 5 mm extending to (8–)10–20 mm in fruit; sepals as in male, accrescent to 3 mm; petals spathulate 2 x 1 mm, yellowish; disc glands absent; ovary usually glabrous; styles free. Fruit 4.5–5.5 mm diam., shallowly pustulate, usually glabrous. Seeds 3 x 2.5 mm.

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