Similar in appearance to the "jade plant" Crassula ovata (family Crassulaceae), P. afra has smaller and rounder pads and more compact growth (shorter internodal spaces, down to 1.5 mm).
Nepenthes ovata | Crassula helmsii | Rhus ovata | Plantago ovata | Eucalyptus ovata | Crassula tetragona | Crassula ovata | Crassula muscosa | ''Asteranthera ovata'' (Cav.) Johannes von Hanstein |
Finally the shrubland in mountain valleys to the northwest consists of predominantly the succulent (Portulacaria afra) along with Jade plant (Crassula ovata), the boxthorn (Lycium austrinum), Jacketplum (Pappea capensis), Euclea undulata, Rhigozum obovatum, Aloes and Schotia afra.