Tylecodon Reticulatus - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Beans

Tylecodon Reticulatus - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds BeansTylecodon is a genus of plants in the family Crassulaceae. The leaves of Tylecodon are deciduous in summer and they are borne in a spiral arrangement, rather than the opposite arrangement of Cotyledon leaves. The species are vary varied, ranging from dwarf succulents such as Tylecodon reticulatus to Tylecodon paniculatus, which may exceed two metres in height. Like practically all of the Cotyledon species, the Tylecodons are poisonous, some of them

well beyond their natural range

totalling about 1200 species

which is collected in the wild by certain species of bees that appear to have coevolved with the plants

are found in the Western Cape and Namaqualand

Limonium is a genus of 120 flower species

and the pods are high in starch

The medium-small fruits ripen to pale yellow with light green stripes

they should be sown directly as they will not tolerate being transplanted

Flowering time is from July to November

and a perfect partner to a mozzarella and tomato salad

highly ornamental flowers are white to pink and are pollinated by bees and butterflies

The Balsam Apple was introduced into Europe by 1568 and was used medicinally to treat wounds