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Sea Fig
Sea Fig
Carpobrotus edulis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Coastal dunes
Range
Southern Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Armor
Status
Common

About

A creeping succulent with fleshy three-sided leaves that sprawls across coastal dunes and cliffs. A single plant can spread over 50 meters by rooting wherever its trailing stems touch the sand.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Carpobrotus
Species
Carpobrotus edulis