Chinese Jade
Sources last read 14 September 2026.
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Also called African rubber plant, Brazilian rubber plant, Chinese rubber plant, house oak, jade tree, Japanese rubber plant, Persian rubber plant, Silver Dollar, Silver Dollar Jade, Silver Dollar Plant, silver jade plant, tongue-leaf milk plant and tree purslane.
Chinese Jade is toxic
- Toxic to cats. Toxic principle: Unknown. Clinical signs: Vomiting, drunkeness (cats), tremors (rare). ASPCA
- Toxic to dogs. Toxic principle: Unknown. Clinical signs: Vomiting, drunkeness (cats), tremors (rare). ASPCA
- Not assessed for people. RHS publishes no harm statement for this plant. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
What the sources say about its care
Sources file this plant under other names: Crassula arborescens ssp. undulatifolia. Citations below point at the name its source uses.
- Light
- Full sunRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Water
- Well-drained or Moist but well-drainedRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Humidity
No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.
Most foliage plants prefer more humidity than a heated room gives; succulents are named as an exceptionPenn State Extension · read 13 September 2026- Temperature
How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.
H2 — 1–5°C 1–5 °CRHS · read 13 September 2026- Soil
- Loam, Sand; pH Acid or Alkaline or NeutralRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Toxic to cats
- ToxicASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Toxic to dogs
- ToxicASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Harmful to people
- No statement of harm to people is published for this plant; that absence is not evidence it is safe.RHS · read 13 September 2026
Routine care
- Watering
- In the growing season, water moderately and feed monthly with a balanced liquid fertiliser; give little water in winter.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Feeding
- Through the growing season, give moderate water and a monthly balanced liquid fertiliser; in winter water sparingly.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Propagation
- Leaf cuttingsNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Sow seed in early spring at 15°C, or root stem or leaf cuttings during spring and summer.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Pruning
- Pruning is not needed.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Pests and diseases
- Can be troubled by aphids, vine weevil and mealybugs. Diseases: usually none.RHS · read 13 September 2026
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About the plant
Crassula arborescens—the silver jade plant, silver dollar (jade) plant, beestebul, Chinese jade, cookie plant, money plant, or money tree, that is endemic to Western Cape, South Africa, is a species of succulent plant in the family Crassulaceae.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · read 13 September 2026
- Native range
- S. Cape Prov.World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026South Africa (Cape)RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Climate
- subtropicalWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
- Growth form
- succulent subshrub or shrubWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026Succulent; habit erect, multi-stemmedNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Bushy (evergreen)RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Size
- Height 12–48 in; width 12–48 inNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026Height 0.5-1 metres; spread 0.5-1 metres after 5–10 yearsRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Flowering
- Flowers pink, white; blooms in spring, summerNC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
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Sources
- ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
- NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Wikipedia · read 13 September 2026
What this does not cover
The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.
Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.
If something is already wrong, the diagnosis tool asks about the soil, the window and the watering, which is where the answer usually is.