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Synonyms:
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| Common names:
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Dwarf jade plant (English)
Elephant's food (English)
Spekboom (Afrikaans)
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| Description:
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Densely branched shrub, 2-4 m tall. Leaves broadly ovate, glossy, succulent, 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers pink or mauve, produced in profusion, c. 2 mm long, borne in fascicles on a short axis, 3-7 cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, winged. |
| Notes:
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Very similar, in leaf, and often planted with, Crassula ovata. It differs in having erect upper branches, less firm succulent and smaller leaves and often red stems which contrast with the green leaves. It flowers from Sep-Nov whereas C. ovata is winter-flowering (Apr-Aug). |
| Derivation of specific name:
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afra from Africa. |
| Flowering time: | Sep-Nov |
| Worldwide distribution:
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Kenya, Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa. |
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| Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 112. (Includes a picture).
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 201. (Includes a picture).
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