Tetragonia
Sign in to saveTetragonia is a genus of 51 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern and eastern Africa, and western South America, and eastern Asia.
Species
New Zealand Spinach
species
FamilyAizoaceae
Native toAngola, Antipodean Is., Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Ethiopia, Free State, Japan
Observations8,279
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Tetragonia is a genus of 51 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern and eastern Africa, and western South America, and eastern Asia.
==Description== Plants of the genus Tetragonia are herbs or small shrubs. Leaves are alternate and succulent, with flowers typically yellow and small in size. Flowers can be axillary, solitary or fasciculate, greenish or yellowish in colour and mostly bisexual. Fruit are initially succulent but become dry and woody with age.