Carpobrotus dimidiatus

Natal sourfig
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Carpobrotus
Species:	C. dimidiatus
Binomial name
	Carpobrotus dimidiatus; (L.) L. Bolus

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

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

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