Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce

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Outside 29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Synonyms:	Cotyledon ovata Mill. Crassula argentea Thunb. Crassula portulacea Lam.
Common names:	Jade plant (English) Kerky-bush (English) Pink joy (English)
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.
Notes:	Resembles Portulacaria afra when in leaf.
Derivation of specific name:	ovata: ovate or egg-shaped, referring to the leaves
Flowering time:	Fl. Apr-Aug
Worldwide distribution:	Native to Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and the Cape); frequently cultivated.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
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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