Hottentot Fig

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Hottentot Fig

Carbrobotus edulis

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6

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1-4m

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Leaves are up to 4 in long, fleshy, 3-angled, dark green. They can be eaten as an exotic vegetable or pickled in vinegar. The plant is salt and draught tolerant and will root readily from fragments. Very nice yellow to pink flowers from April to August.

CAE01 plant  pricecode A

 

Hottentot Fig
 

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