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Portulacaria fructiculosa

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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