Crassula ovata
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Outside 29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare
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Outside 29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Outside 29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Outside 29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Outside 29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Cotyledon ovata Mill. Crassula argentea Thunb. Crassula portulacea Lam. |
| Common names: | Jade plant (English) Kerky-bush (English) Pink joy (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched completely glabrous shrub to 3 m tall or more. Stem succulent, greyish. Leaves up to 5 × 3 cm, sessile, obovate to obovate-spathulate, shiny when fresh; margin sharply angled, reddish, entire. Flowers 5-merous, arranged in terminal corymbose inflorescences. Petals 6-7.5 mm long, oblong or lanceolate, acute, white or a faint pink. Follicles 3-3.25 mm long, obliquely oblong-ovoid. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ovata: ovate or egg-shaped, referring to the leaves |
| Habitat: | In open forests, on sandy-clayey grey soil. |
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| Flowering time: | Fl. Apr-Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and the Cape); frequently cultivated. |
| FZ divisions: | M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 4 June 2017 |
| Literature: |
Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 19 - 20. Glen, H.F. (2002). Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa. Page 156. |
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