Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
2419.000 Portulacaria
Wild, H. (1961) Portulacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)
Description of the genus
Succulent, soft-wooded shrubs or small trees with stout branches. Leaves opposite, decussate, fleshy, obovate. Inflorescence axillary on the upper branches or along a single tall terminal stem; flowers in dense fascicles, pedicellate, each subtended by a small scale-like bract. Sepals 2, broadly ovate, persistent. Petals 4–5, connate at base. Ovary superior. Fruit indehiscent, thin-walled, 3-angled or 3-winged. Worldwide: 5 species in Kenya, Angola, Namibia, ?Mozambique and South Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PortulacariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Portulacaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Portulacaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Portulacaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Portulacaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Portulacaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Portulacaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Portulacaria
Plants of the World Online: Portulacaria
Tropicos: Portulacaria
Wikipedia: Portulacaria