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Accession Data:

Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark' Jacq.

  • Common Name: Dwarf Jade Plant
  • Family: Didiereaceae Radlk. ex Drake

  • Country of Origin: South Africa

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202000036
  • Source: James Mickley, UConn EEB
  • Provenance: 
    Huntington Botanical Gardens, HBG 122812
  • Accession Date: 11-30-2020
  • Bench: 2205 - XER:Namib / Karoo B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Didiereaceae
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  • Tribe:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:27:06 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Didiereaceae

  • Alluaudia ascendens W/C
  • Alluaudia comosa
  • Alluaudia dumosa W/C
  • Alluaudia humbertii
  • Alluaudia montagnacii
  • Alluaudia procera
  • Ceraria pygmaea
  • Decarya madagascariensis
  • Didierea trollii
  • Portulacaria afra 'variegata'
  • Portulacaria afra
  • Portulacaria afra 'Cork Bark'
W/C = Wild Collected
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