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Portulacaria afra Jacq.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Jacq. (1786). In: Coll. 1: 160. T. 22.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Didiereaceae
genus
Portulacaria
species
Portulacaria afra

Name

Synonyms
Claytonia portulacaria (L.) L.
Crassula arborea L.
Crassula portulacaria L.
Crassula portulacastrum Harv.
Haenkea crassifolia Salisb.
Portulaca afra (L.) Jacq.
Portulaca afra L.
Portulaca fruticosa Thunb.
Portulacaria afra f. macrophylla H.Jacobsen
Portulacaria afra f. microphylla H.Jacobsen
Portulacaria afra f. variegata H.Jacobsen
Portulacaria portulacaria (L.) Graebn.
Homonyms
Portulacaria afra Jacq.
Common names
Common Spekboom in English
Elephant Bush in English
Elephant Food in English
Elephant bush in English
Elephant's Bush in language.
Elephant's Bush in language.
Elephant's Food in English
Elephant-Food in English
Herba dels elefants in Catalan–Valencian
Jade in Spanish
Porkbush in English
Purslane Tree in language.
Purslane Tree in language.
Speckbaum in German
Speckbaum in German
Speckboom in Dutch
Spekboom in language.
Spekboom in language.
Umvunguvungu in Zulu
arbusto-de-elefante in Portuguese
arbusto-de-elefante in Portuguese
buskportulak in Danish
elephant bush in English
elephant-bush in English
elephant-bush in English
heleäpensasportulakka in Finnish
igqwanitsha in Xhosa
igwanishe in Xhosa
indibili in Zulu
isambilane in Zulu
isicococo in Zulu
isidondwane in Zulu
olifantskos in Afrikaans
pata-de-elefante in Portuguese
pata-de-elefante in Portuguese
planta-jade-miúda in Portuguese
planta-jade-miúda in Portuguese
portulakária africká in Slovak
portulakárie africká in Czech
pourpier en arbre in French
pourpier en arbre in French
sidondwane in Swati
soet-spekboom in Afrikaans
soetspekboom in Afrikaans
spekboom in language.
suur-spekboom in Afrikaans
suurspekboom in Afrikaans
tshilepwetėe in Venda
tshirindidza in Venda
tshitėopitėopi in Venda
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