Karkalla
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Karkalla ( Carpobrotus rossii ) |
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| ( Haw. ) Schwantes |
The Carpobrotus Rossii ( Carpobrotus rossii ) is a plant of the genus Carpobrotus within the family of aizoaceae (Aizoaceae). They can be found as ground cover on coasts in South Australia , especially in Victoria and Tasmania .
description
The karkalla plant is a succulent plant . The stem reaches a length of 1 meter or more and has a diameter of 3 to 11 mm. The leaves are 3.5 to 10 cm long and 1 cm wide, often a little thicker than they are wide.
The flower stalk is 5 to 28 mm long. The flowers have a diameter of 3.5 by 5.5 cm. The bracts are up to 2.5 cm long. Most of the 60 to 160 staminodes are light purple in color and white at their base. There are 100 to 250 fertile stamens . The ovary is top-shaped to oblong top-shaped. There are six to ten styles available.
The purple-colored to red fruit is about 1.6 to 2.2 cm long and top-shaped when viewed from the front and spherical-ellipsoidal when viewed from the side. The seeds are 1.1 to 1.4 mm long.
use
Aboriginal people traditionally eat the fruit fresh and dried. The salty leaves are eaten with meat.
Trivia
In English, the plant is also known as Pigface, pig face.
swell
- Elliot, WR, Jones, DL, Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants , Vol. 2, 1982 ISBN 0-85091-143-5
- "Carpobrotus rossii (Haw.) Schwantes" in the Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet of the Herbarium of South Australia , accessed July 13, 2009
