Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq.

Jade Plant

Succulent soft wooded shrub to several metres tall. Leaves opposite, fleshy, to 2 cm long, stalkless. Flowers tiny, pink, in small clusters. Sepals 2. Petals 5. Stamens 4-7.

S Africa

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Portulacaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

Distribution map

Portulacaria afra 'Variegata'

Leaves variegated.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Caryophyllanae
order      Caryophyllales
family       Didiereaceae
genus        Portulacaria Jacq.