PLANT SPECIES STUDIED

3.     SUCCULENTS

S.No.	BOTANICAL NAME OF THE TAXON	FAMILY	GROWTH HABIT	WILD, CULTIVATED, ESCAPE OR OTHER	FLOWER COLOUR	COMMON NAME	IMAGE
1	Portulaca grandiflora Hook.	Portulacaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	Purple, Pink, White	Rose Moss, Portulaca, Dhup Khiri, Dopehar Khiri
2	Portulaca oleracea L.	Portulacaceae	Succulent herb	Wild	White, Purplish	Common Purslane, Kulfe Ka Saag, Salunak, Lunak, Khurfa
3	Portulaca pilosa L.	Portulacaceae	Succulent herb	Wild	Pink, Red, Purple	Pink Purslane, Kiss-Me-Quick, Hairy Pigweed, Shaggy Portulaca, Chisme
4	Portulaca quadrifida L.	Portulacaceae	Succulent herb	Wild	Yellow	Chickweed, Nunya Ka Saag, Chota Nunya, Lunki Booti
5	Portulaca umbraticola Kunth	Portulacaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	Red, Pink, Yellow, White	Wingpod Purslane, Portulaca
6	Portulacaria afra Jacq.	Didiereaceae	Succulent shrub	Cultivated	Rose, Pink	Elephant’s Food, Dwarf Jade Plant, Porkbush, Speckboom
7	Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln.	Crassulaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	Crimson Red	Kalanchoe, Flaming Katty
8	Kalanchoe luciae Raym.-Hamet	Crassulaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	White or Creamish	Northern White Lady, Paddle Plant, Paddle Kalanchoe, Red Pancakes, Desert Cabbage, Flapjack Plant, Flipping Pancakes, Meelplakkie
9	Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.	Crassulaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	Yellow	Air Plant, Cantebury Bells, Cathedral Bells, Donkey Ears, Floppers, Goethe Plant, Life Plant, Leaf of Life, Mexican Love Plant, Miracle Leaf, Resurrection Plant, Pathar-chatta, Pathar-chur, Pathar chatt
10	Rosularia rosulata (Edgew.) H. Ohba	Crassulaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	Pale-Green tinged with purple	Rosette-Leaf Sedum
11	Cereus pterogonus Lem.	Cactaceae	Succulent shrub	Wild	White	Columnar Cactus
12	Mammillaria compressa DC.	Cactaceae	Succulent	Cultivated	Purple-Pink	Mother of Hundreds
13	Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.	Cactaceae	Succulent shrub	Wild	Red	Conchineal Cactus, Velvet Opuntia, Woolly Joint Prickly Pear, Nopales Opuntia, Nopal Cactus
14	Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill.	Cactaceae	Succulent shrub	Wild	Yellow	Erect Prickly Pear
15	Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.	Apocynaceae	Succulent shrub	Cultivated	Pink to Red	Desert Rose, Sebi Star, Kundu, Impala Lily
16	Euphorbia milii Des Moul.	Euphorbiaceae	----	----	----	----
16A	Euphorbia milii var. hislopii (N.E. Br.) Ursch & Leandri	Euphorbiaceae	Succulent shrub	Cultivated	Bright Red, occasionally Greenish	Giant Crown of Thorns
16B	Euphorbia miili var. splendens (Bojer ex Hook.) Ursch & Leandri	Euphorbiaceae	Succulent shrub	Cultivated	Bright Red	Crown of Thorns, Christ’s Plant, Christ’s Thorns, Kiss me Not
17	Euphorbia neriifolia L.	Euphorbiaceae	Succulent shrub	Cultivated	Yellowish green	Indian Spurge Tree, Hedge Euphorbia, Five-tubercled Spurge, Oleander- leafed Spurge, Holy Milk Hedge, Milk Bush, Milk Spurge, Snuhi, Sehund, Vaad Thor
18	Agave americana L.	Asparagaceae	Succulent herb	Wild, Cultivated	Yellowish green	Agave, Century Plant, American Aloe, Kamal Cactus, Gwarpatha
19	Yucca aloifolia L.	Asparagaceae	Succulent tree	Cultivated	Cream	Aloe Yucca, Dagger Plant, Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Coastal Yucca, Dwarf Yucca
20	Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.	Asphodelaceae	Succulent herb	Cultivated	Dull Red	Aloe vera, Medicinal aloe, Burn plant, Gheekumari, Kuaar Gandal