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Accession Data:

Tylecodon paniculatus (L.f.) Tölken

  • Common Name: Butter tree, Botterboom
  • Family: Crassulaceae DC.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: Rocky or sandy soil in succulent karoo. Cape area of S Africa to Namibia

  • Culture: Loses its leaves in summer and photosynthesizes via the stems. Keep drier in summer but not totally bone dry.
  • USDA Zone: 10-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202467
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: S. of Calvinia, S. Africa
  • Accession Date: 10-23-2002
  • Bench: 2205 - XER:Namib / Karoo B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Crassulaceae
  • SubFamily: Sempervivoideae
  • Tribe: Kalanchoeae
  • 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

References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / Namibia

    References (external):

    Court, Doreen, Succulent flora of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, 1981

    data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:24:34 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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    Current Accessions in the Crassulaceae

    Subfamily Crassuloideae

    • Crassula arborescens W/C
    • Crassula barbata W/C
    • Crassula barklyi
    • Crassula columnaris
    • Crassula cremnophila W/C
    • Crassula deceptor
    • Crassula deltoidea W/C
    • Crassula fragarioides W/C
    • Crassula lactea
    • Crassula lanuginosa
    • Crassula multicava
    • Crassula muscosa
    • Crassula ovata
    • Crassula ovata
    • Crassula ovata
    • Crassula ovata 'Hobbit'
    • Crassula perfoliata var. falcata
    • Crassula perforata
    • Crassula rupestris
    • Crassula sladenii W/C
    • Crassula tabularis
    • Crassula tetragona

    Subfamily Sempervivoideae

    • Cremnophila linguifolia

    Subfamily Sempervivoideae
    Tribe Kalanchoeae

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    • Adromischus cristatus W/C
    • Adromischus cristatus W/C
    • Adromischus cristatus var. clavifolius
    • Adromischus diabolicus W/C
    • Adromischus filicaulis W/C
    • Adromischus leucophyllus
    • Adromischus maculatus
    • Adromischus mammillaris
    • Adromischus marianae W/C
    • Adromischus marianae W/C
    • Adromischus marianiae var. immaculata W/C
    • Adromischus triflorus
    • Adromischus umbraticola
    • Cotyledon teretifolia
    • Kalanchoe beauverdii
    • Kalanchoe beharensis
    • Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
    • Kalanchoe daigremontiana
    • Kalanchoe delagoensis
    • Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
    • Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
    • Kalanchoe lateritia W/C
    • Kalanchoe luciae
    • Kalanchoe manginii
    • Kalanchoe millotii
    • Kalanchoe nyikae
    • Kalanchoe orgyalis
    • Kalanchoe pinnata
    • Kalanchoe pumila
    • Kalanchoe rotundifolia W/C
    • Kalanchoe rotundifolia
    • Kalanchoe schizophylla
    • Kalanchoe synsepala
    • Kalanchoe tomentosa
    • Tylecodon buchholzianus
    • Tylecodon opelii W/C
    • Tylecodon paniculatus W/C
    • Tylecodon schaeferianus
    • Tylecodon singularis W/C
    • Tylecodon ventricosus W/C

    Subfamily Sempervivoideae
    Tribe Sedeae

    • Sedinae: Aeonium arboreum
    • Sedinae: Aeonium ciliatum W/C
    • Sedinae: Aeonium haworthii
    • Sedinae: Aeonium sedifolium
    • Sedinae: Aeonium smithii W/C
    • Sedinae: Dudleya brevifolia W/C
    • Sedinae: Dudleya pulverulenta W/C
    • Sedinae: Dudleya variegata W/C
    • Sedinae: Echeveria elegans
    • Sedinae: Echeveria x funkii
    • Sedinae: Echeveria gigantea W/C
    • Sedinae: Echeveria laui
    • Sedinae: Echeveria runyonii W/C
    • Sedinae: Echeveria skinneri
    • Sedinae: Echeveria zorzaniana W/C
    • Sedinae: Graptopetalum bellum
    • Sedinae: Monanthes laxiflora
    • Sedinae: Monanthes lowei
    • Sedinae: Monanthes subcrassicaulis
    • Sedinae: Pachyphytum longifolium W/C
    • Sedinae: Pachyphytum viride
    • Sedinae: Sedum hirsutum
    • Sedinae: Sedum morganianum
    • Sedinae: Sedum praealtum
    • Sedinae: Sedum rupestre
    • Sedinae: Sedum suaveolens
    • Sedinae: Villadia batesii
    • Umbilicinae: Orostachys iwarenge
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
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    = accession added within past 90 days
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