Duvalia

Duvalia Overview

Genus with around 19 succulent species in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. These plants grow in clumps and typically do not exceed half a metre in height. They produce spherical, often irregular, blue-green, fleshy structures and these may be smooth or spiny, foliage is reduced to small scales. Flowers are starry, fleshy and have an unpleasant scent, coloured purple-red, they roughly resemble the flowers of the related genus Stapelia.