Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br. [Aizoaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Carpobrotus edulis subsp. edulis

Carpobrotus edulis subsp. parviflorus Wisura & Glen

Carpobrotus edulis var. rubescens Druce

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bálsamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fico degli ottentotti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
figue marine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gul middagsblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
higo del cabo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
higo marino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hottentot fig	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hottentot-fig	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hottentottenfeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paardefeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pferdefeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pigface	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
zuurefeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mesembryanthemum edule L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1060 (1759).
Abryanthemum edule (L.) Rothm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 16: 413 (1941).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carpobrotus edulis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) L.Bolus	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) L.Bolus subsp. edulis	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N. E. Br.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E. Br.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Carpobrotus edulis Bolus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mesembryanthemum edule	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Mesembryanthemum edule L.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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