Peraceae
Common lightning bush
Clutia pulchella
- Family
- Peraceae
- Genus
- Clutia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Gewone bliksembos, Oumeisieknie, Vratjievrug-bliksembos, Weerligbos
- English
- Common lightning bush, Lightning bush, Warty-fruited lightning bush
- Tswana
- Podimolwêtse
- Xhosa
- Iqadi, Ufiyo, Umsipane
- Zulu
- Ikhambi lenkosi, Ngwaleni, Umembesa, Ungwaleni
Synonyms
- Clutia pulchella f. genuina (Müll.Arg.) Pax
- Clutia pulchella var. genuina Müll.Arg.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March, May, July to August, October to November (from 89 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Burgert Jordaan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karen Eichholz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Liptrot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.