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Accession Data:

Portulacaria afra Jacq.

  • Common Name: Dwarf Jade Plant
  • Family: Didiereaceae Radlk. ex Drake

  • Country of Origin: South Africa

  • USDA Zone: 10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502433
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2204 - XER:Namib / Karoo A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Didiereaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
  3. Lonnie J. Guralnick and Irwin P. Ting
    Physiological Changes in Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq. during a Summer Drought and Rewatering
    Plant Physiol. 1987 Oct; 85(2): 481–486. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  4. Image #00 (cropped & #01 (original) by Dinkum (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:18:23 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Portulacaria afra

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Current Accessions in the Didiereaceae

  • Alluaudia ascendens W/C
  • Alluaudia comosa
  • Alluaudia dumosa W/C
  • Alluaudia humbertii
  • Alluaudia montagnacii
  • Alluaudia procera
  • Ceraria pygmaea
  • Decarya madagascariensis
  • Didierea trollii
  • Portulacaria afra 'variegata'
  • Portulacaria afra
  • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark'
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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