Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
2405.021 Carpobrotus
Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Description of the genus
Perennial succulents; stems trailing with internodes between leaves; base becoming woody. Leaves opposite, finger-shaped and 3-angled, joined at the base. Flowers terminal, solitary, showy; calyx 5 lobed. Ovary inferior. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds obovoid on long thread-like stalks. Worldwide: 25 species, main South Africa (from SW Cape to KwaZulu-Natal), 4 in Australia and naturalised elsewhere. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| dimidiatus (L.) L. Bolus | Description, Image |
| edulis (L.) L. Bolus |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CarpobrotusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Carpobrotus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Carpobrotus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Carpobrotus
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iNaturalist: Carpobrotus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Carpobrotus
JSTOR Plant Science: Carpobrotus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Carpobrotus
Plants of the World Online: Carpobrotus
Tropicos: Carpobrotus
Wikipedia: Carpobrotus