Carpobrotus, commonly known as pigface, ice plant, sour fig, Hottentot fig, and clawberry is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek karpos "fruit" and brotos "edible", referring to its edible fruits.[1]
The genus includes some 12 to 20 accepted species. Most are endemic to South Africa, but there are at least four Australian species and one South American.
^Hyam, R. & Pankhurst, R.J. (1995). Plants and their names : a concise dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-19-866189-4.
Carpobrotus edulis is a ground-creeping plant with succulent leaves in the genus Carpobrotus, native to South Africa. Its common names include hottentot-fig...
around the South Australian-Victorian border. Carpobrotus edulis, also a member of the genus Carpobrotus, is a succulent native to South Africa. In the...
Commons has media related to Carpobrotus acinaciformis. Wisura, W. & Glen, H.F. (1993). The South African species of Carpobrotus (Mesembryanthema-Aizoaceae)...
Succulentarum, but in 1928, Martin Schwantes changed the name to Carpobrotus glaucescens. Carpobrotus glaucescens occurs in near-coastal areas of Queensland south...
Carpobrotus rossii is a succulent coastal groundcover plant native to southern Australia. It is known by various common names, including karkalla, pig...
preserves. Of the other six Carpobrotus species which occur in South Africa, this species is particularly closely related to Carpobrotus muirii which occurs just...
Commons has media related to Carpobrotus dimidiatus. Wisura, W. & Glen, H.F. (1993). The South African species of Carpobrotus (Mesembryanthema-Aizoaceae)...
to the west coast of South Africa. A possible synonym is Carpobrotus sauerae. This Carpobrotus ("sour-fig") species has the largest flowers produced by...
Carpobrotus virescens, commonly known as coastal pigface, is a prostrate coastal succulent shrub of the family Aizoaceae native to Western Australia....
centre. Of the other six Carpobrotus species which occur in South Africa, this species is particularly closely related to Carpobrotus deliciosus, which has...
Commons has media related to Carpobrotus mellei. Wisura, W. & Glen, H.F. (1993). The South African species of Carpobrotus (Mesembryanthema-Aizoaceae)....
life, Cabo da Roca has been overrun with the invasive plant species Carpobrotus edulis. This creeping, mat-forming plant, a member of the Aizoaceae succulent...
flowers. In Malta they have been associated with wild artichoke and Carpobrotus edulis. The female hunts in dead wood for the grubs of the European rhinoceros...
acuminata. It is one of the phenolic compounds in the invasive plant Carpobrotus edulis and contributes to the antibacterial properties of the plant....
needed] taratufi (Apulia)[citation needed] Note that plants of the genus Carpobrotus are also known as 'sea figs'. Microcosmus sabatieri at Banyuls-sur-Mer...
Mesembryanthemum have been transferred to other genera, such as Cleretum and Carpobrotus, although sources differ. Jacob Breyne coined the name of the flower...
specifically, is the introduction of invasive species. Plant species, such as Carpobrotus edulis, were introduced from South Africa in an attempt to stabilize...
is one of the phenolic compounds found in the invasive plant species Carpobrotus edulis. Its name comes from the name of Ruta graveolens, a plant that...
local pain after getting stung. Another plant used as a bush remedy is Carpobrotus glaucescens (known as angular sea-fig or pigface). Desensitisation (also...
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