Natal Sourfig

Description:

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. (The Carpobrotus genus has about 25 species all together) 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.

Habitat:

A peninsula with Indian Ocean on one side and Komati river on the other. This grew on a sand dune with shrubs, a few trees and some other plants.

Notes:

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.