Family Aizoaceae Rank Species | ||
Similar Carpobrotus mellei, Carpobrotus muirii, Carpobrotus deliciosus, Carpobrotus quadrifidus, Carpobrotus virescens | ||
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.
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