Aizoaceae
Hottentot fig
Carpobrotus edulis
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Carpobrotus
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Common names
By language (20)
- aeb
- شرببّو
- Afrikaans
- Suurvy
- Arabic
- كاربوبروتوس إيدوليس
- Chinese
- 莫邪菊, 海榕菜, 食用昼花, 食用日中花, 松叶菊, 冰花果
- Czech
- Kosmatcovník jedlý
- Dutch
- Hottentotvijg
- English
- Hottentot fig, Hottentot-fig, Sour fig, Ice plant, Highway ice plant
- Finnish
- Hottentottiviikuna, Viikunapäivikki
- French
- Figuier des Hottentots
- Galician
- Herba do coitelo
- German
- Essbare Mittagsblume, Eßbare Mittagsblume, Hottentottenfeige
- Hebrew
- צלקנית נאכלת
- Hungarian
- Hottentottafüge
- Japanese
- サワーフィグ
- Persian
- کارپوبروتوس ادولیس
- Portuguese
- Chorão-das-praias, Chorão das praias
- Russian
- Карпобротус съедобный
- Spanish
- Uña de gato
- Swedish
- Gul middagsblomma, Hottentottfikon, Isblomma
- Welsh
- Ffigysen yr Hotentot
Synonyms
- Abryanthemum edule (L.) Rothm.
- Carpobrotus edulis var. chrysophthalmus C.D.Preston & P.D.Sell
- Carpubrotus edulis var. rubescens Druce
- Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme var. flavum L.
- Mesembryanthemum edule L.
- Mesembryanthemum edule var. flavum (L.) Moss
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Taken by Carsten Niehaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Winfried Bruenken, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabio Alessandro Locati, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ORYL, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SMED56, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S Molteno, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.