Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Portulacaria afra, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Jacq.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Collectanea 1: 160 (1787)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1787	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Elephant bush	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	NW. Kenya, S. Mozambique to S. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	empty	magenta · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 130, 444, 445	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	19.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	browse, grazing · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414	Not on the record

Portulacaria afra Jacq., 1787 12% complete

Elephant bush

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