Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
Cotyledon orbiculata [Agg]
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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| Description: | Erect shrub-like succulent with stems up to 1 m tall. Leaves opposite, mostly crowded towards the top of the stems, broadly obovate to almost round, up to 14 cm long, thickly fleshy, more or less covered in a greyish bloom, margin often purple-reddish. Inflorescence a terminal umbel of nodding, tubular red flowers. |
| Notes: | This species code has been used for records of Cotyledon orbiculata cultivated in Zimbabwe, where the subspecies is not known. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native in the western parts of South Africa. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cotyledon orbiculataAfrican Plant Database: Cotyledon orbiculata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cotyledon orbiculata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cotyledon orbiculata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cotyledon orbiculata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cotyledon orbiculata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cotyledon orbiculata
JSTOR Plant Science: Cotyledon orbiculata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cotyledon orbiculata
Plants of the World Online: Cotyledon orbiculata
Tropicos: Cotyledon orbiculata
Wikipedia: Cotyledon orbiculata