Plant Details

Accepted name:: Portulacaria afra Jacq. [Didiereaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
elephants' food	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gya-nese	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
igwanishe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
igwanitsha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indibili-enkula	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isambilane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isicococo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isidonwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sala-ni-marumbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spekboom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umfayisele wehlathi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Claytonia portulacaria (L.) L. Mant. Pl. 2: 211 (1771).
Crassula portulacaria L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 406 (1762).
Crassula portulacastrum Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 386 (1862).
Haenkea crassifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 174 (1796), nom. superfl.
Portulaca fruticosa Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 85 (1800), nom. illeg.
Portulacaria afra f. macrophylla H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955).
Portulacaria afra f. microphylla H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955).
Portulacaria afra f. variegata H.Jacobsen Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955).
Portulacaria portulacaria (L.) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 436 (1915), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Portulacaria afra Jacq.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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