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jade

Plant

  • Semitropical, grown as foliage houseplant
  • Woody shrub where hardy

Stem

  • Opposite leaf arrangement
  • Succulent or woody on older stems

Leaf

  • Thick, succulent
  • Opposite, simple, smooth-edged
  • Lacking petioles
  • Green, sometimes with red edge or white variegation

Flower

  • Small, in clusters on mature plants
  • 5-petaled, star-shaped
  • White, faint pink