Crassulaceae FAMILY

Sinocrassula indica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitBiennial

Growth—

Sinocrassula indica is not a very cold-hardy plant, being able to tolerate shrt periods with temperatures down to around -5 to -10°c when fully dormant^[1]. Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil^[1]. Established plans are very drought tolerant^[2],

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Sinocrassula+indica>

Pollinators

Insecs

References

[1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[2]Flora of Nepal — http://www.floraofnepal.org/ ↩︎The Flora of Nepal is in the process (2016) of being produced. Currently 23 plant families have been treated and are permanently available in PDF format - more will be added as they are produced. A truly excellent reference.
[3]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
[4]Further acylated flavonol bisdesmosides from Sinocrassula indica — Hai-Hui Xiea & Masayuki Yoshikawa · 2013 · http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286020.2013.800973 ↩︎
[5]Shilianhua extract inhibits GSK-3 and promotes glucose metabolism — Jun Lin et al · 2009 · doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00092.2009 ↩︎