Clutia hirsuta E. Mey. ex Sond.

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Near the cellphone tower, Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare

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Hill behind La Rochelle Hotel, Imbiza Valley

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Synonyms:	Clutia inyangensis Hutch. Clutia volubilis Hutch. Cluytia heterophylla var. hirsuta Sond. Cluytia hirsuta E. Mey.
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Frequency:	frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb, up to c. 1 m tall, growing from a woodly rootstock. Stems 1-several unbranched or sparingly branched, more or less densely hairy. Leaves sessile or very shortly petiolate, elliptic-(ob)lanceolate, up to 5 × 2 cm, dull green densely hairy on both surfaces, particularly when young; margin entire. Flowers in axillary clusters, yellowish-green, unisexual on different plants. Fruit round, c. 5 mm in diameter, pale green, pubescent.
Notes:	This species is generally similar to Clutia swynnertonii, which is a much more robust, much-branched shrub, up to c. 4 m tall.
Derivation of specific name:	hirsuta: covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs; hirsute
Habitat:	Sub-montane grassland and woodland
Altitude range:	975 - 2400 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Saturday 3 September 2011
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. As Clutia hirsuta hirsuta Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. 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 16. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 130 - 131.

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