Carpobrotus edulis

Stems to c. 2 m long, 8–13 mm diam. Leaves 4–10 cm long, 5–12 mm thick, dull to bright shining green, c. equilateral near the middle, all faces slightly concave, the keel usually reddish, denticulate at least in the upper half. Flowers 7–8.5 cm diam.; pedicel 1–2 cm long; calyx tube turbinate or oblong-turbinate; sepals 5, the 2 longest 20–45 mm long, with denticulate keels; petaloid staminodes c. 120–130, 30–35 mm long, in 3–5 series, yellow becoming flesh-pink, densely streaked brown throughout when dry; stamens c. 400–600, in 5–8 series; ovary convex on top with a central depression; styles 8–10, free. Fruit hemispherical to subglobose, or obovoid, indented at apex, barely compressed, 2.5–3 cm long. Flowers most of year.