Steinmetz:Mesembryanthemum

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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Ficoidaceae? (Portulacaceae?)
English Names
  • Midday Flower
  • Ice plant
Natural Habitat
  • Canary Islands
  • Morocco
  • South Africa
  • Libya
  • cultivated in Europe (including Great Britain)
Constituent(s)
  • lime
  • malic acid
  • sodium
  • potassium
  • salts
Action
  • febrifuge
  • diuretic
  • pectoral
  • demulcent
  • used in the treatment of inflammations of the pulmonary and genitourinary mucosae
  • The leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.
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