Image of elephant bush

… » Plants » … » Angiosperms » …

Life » Cellular » Eukaryotes » Plants » Chloroplastida » Streptophyta » Embryophytes » Vascular Plants » Spermatophytes » Angiosperms » Eudicots » Superasterids » Caryophyllales » Didiereaceae » Portulacaria «

Elephant Bush

Portulacaria afra Jacq.

University of Johannesburg. Olivier Maurin. Year: 2011. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

Portulacaria afra (Elephant Bush) is a species of shrub in the family Didiereaceae. They are native to Southern Africa.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

show all records

URI: http://www.geonames.org/9406051

show all records

EOL has data for 5 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
show all records
United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
show all records
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
show all records
woodland area
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000109
- Definition: Land having a cover of trees, shrubs, or both.
show all records
leaf arrangement
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0006014
- Definition: phyllotaxy. A leaf morphology trait (TO:0000748) which is the arrangement of the leaves on the shoot of a plant.
show all records
opposite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001933
- Definition: positioned on opposite sides on the same plane
show all records
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
show all records
shrub
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
- Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub
show all records

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of elephant bush. View this species on GBIF

University of Johannesburg. Olivier Maurin. Year: 2011. cc-by-nc-sa-3.0