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Portulaca fruticosa

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Name

Identification
Portulaca fruticosa L. [family PORTULACACEAE ] (stored under name); Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss. [family PORTULACACEAE ] Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. [family UNKNOWN ] Verified by W. Fawcett,
Related name
  • Talinum triangulare
  • Portulaca fruticosa
  • Talinum fruticosum
  • Portulaca racemosa

Flora

Entry for PORTULACARIA afra Jacq. [family PORTULACACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 381, (1894) Author: (BYW. SONDER.)
Names
PORTULACARIA afra Jacq. [family PORTULACACEAE], Coll. 1, 160. t. 22;—DC. Pl. Grass. t. 132. E. & Z.! 1804.
Claytonia Portulacaria Linn. [family PORTULACACEAE], Mant. 221. Lam. ill. t. 144. f. 2.
Crassula Portulacastrum Linn. [family CRASSULACEAE], spec. 406.
Portulaca fruticosa Thunb. [family PORTULACACEAE], ! Fl. Cap. 399. excl. syn. Dill. Elth. 1. t. 101. f. 120.
Information
branches opposite, smooth; leaves rising from the opposite nodes, obovate-roundish, flat; peduncles compressed, branched, branches opposite; pedicels ternate. Speckboom of the Colonists. Small tree, 10–12 feet high. Branches articulate. Leaves 4–6 lines long. Flowers on short, delicate (2–3 lines) pedicels, at the base bracteated by very minute scales. Petals about 1 line long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In Karroo, in the districts of Uitenhage, Graafreynet and Albany. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. Thunb. Jacq. Sd. D. etc.)

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