Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bálsamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cape fig	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
carpobrotus edulis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
elandsvy	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
fico degli ottentotti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
figue marine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ghassoul	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
goenavy	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
gul middagsblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
higo del cabo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
higo marino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hotentot figs	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hottentot fig	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hottentot figs	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hottentot-fig	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hottentots vijgen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hottentottenfeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
paardefeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
pferdefeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
pigface	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sourfig	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
suurvy	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
zuur vijgen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
zuurefeige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits, leaves		Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carpobrotus edulis subsp. edulis
Mesembryanthemum edule L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1060 (1759).
Abryanthemum edule (L.) Rothm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 16: 413 (1941).
Carpobrotus edulis var. chrysophthalmus C.D.Preston & P.D.Sell Watsonia 17: 238 (1989).

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 subsp. Edulis	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E. Br.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) 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	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Mesembryanthemum edule L.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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