Carpobrotus dimidiatus

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Natal sourfig
Carpobrotus dimidiatus - Kwazulu Natal sourfig.png
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Carpobrotus
Species:
C. dimidiatus
Binomial name
Carpobrotus dimidiatus

Carpobrotus dimidiatus (commonly known as Natal sourfig) is a succulent perennial of the family Aizoaceae, native to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

The flowers of this Carpobrotus ("Sour-fig") species range bright pink to mauve. It can be difficult to distinguish from the other 5 southern African Sour-fig species, but its leaves are long, thin and equilateral triangular in cross-section. This species's flower base is also strongly and distinctively double-ridged.

Their natural habitat is the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, also stretching south into the Eastern Cape and north into Mozambique.

Its fruits are edible and are grazed by tortoises and other southern African animals.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Carpobrotus dimidiatus". PlantZAfrica.com. Retrieved 2013-03-23.


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