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Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Perennial succulent shrubs; stems trailing, much branched with distinct internodes between the leaves, base becoming woody. Leaves finger-shaped or 3-angled with curved bases joined across the stem. Flowers terminal or axillary, showy; calyx 5-lobed. Ovary inferior. Fruit a dehiscent capsule. Seeds pear-shaped, rough. Worldwide: c. 180 species, mainly South Africa, 1 in Australia Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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