
Trees & flora
Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, dwarf jade plant, porkbush and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South Africa.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 4,105 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Eastern Cape and beyond
Provinces where Spekboom is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
4,105 records, iNaturalist












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Spekboom: door verhuurders waargenomen in of bij Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve and Addo Elephant National Park.
Soort
Portulacaria afra
Waarnemingen
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iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een verhuurder de Spekboom op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Het is nooit een garantie dat u de soort ziet.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Spekboom at stays in or beside Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Addo Elephant National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park and Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Spekboom is most recorded in Eastern Cape (75% of records), Western Cape (15% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (6% of records), based on 4 105 iNaturalist observations. 119 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Spekboom on site or nearby.
The Spekboom is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May; Gamkaberg Nature Reserve: Autumn and spring, Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Addo Elephant National Park: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, dwarf jade plant, porkbush and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South Africa.