General Landscape Uses: Specimen plant, container gardens, xeriscaping, tropical garden

Ecological Restoration Notes: Drought-tolerant ornamental plantings

Description: A succulent with massive paddle-shaped leaves.

Dimensions: Height 3 – 4 ft.; Spread .5 – 1 ft.

Growth Rate: Slow

Native Range: Central Africa

Native Habitats: Tropical forest margins, open woodlands, and rocky grasslands

Soils: Well-drained, sandy or rocky

Nutritional Requirements: Low to moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: Low

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low

Drought Tolerance: High

Light Requirements: part sun

Flower Color: White

Flower Characteristics: Small, fragrant

Flowering Season: Late spring to early summer

Fruit: Berry-like, small and round, orange to reddish-orange when mature

Wildlife and Ecology: Pollinated by insects

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by rhizome division, cuttings

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