Kingdom Plantae Family Didiereacea Rank Species | Order Caryophyllales Genus Portulacaria | |
Similar Portulacaria pygmaea, Ceraria namaquensis, Ceraria, Portulacaria, Didiereaceae |
Portulacaria fruticulosa (previously Ceraria fruticulosa or Ceraria schaeferi) is a succulent plant found on the border between Namibia and South Africa.
Description
It is a soft-wooded deciduous shrub with flat, round succulent leaves. It bears bisexual flowers on sessile inflorescences.
Within the Portulacaria genus, it is most closely related to its tiny sister-species, Portulacaria pygmaea.
References
Portulacaria fructiculosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA