Lithops optica "Rubra" - Indigenous - South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Herb The fruit is almost round

The fruit is almost round

This oil is used often as cooking oil in India

Sutherlandia frutescens occurs naturally throughout the dry parts of southern Africa

It is a spineless cactus defined by the presence of three to seven (usually five) pronounced vertical ribs which define the cactus' shape when young (the genus name "astrophytum"

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Lithops optica "Rubra" - Indigenous - South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Herb The fruit is almost roundLithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words lithos, meaning "stone," ops, meaning "face," referring to the stone like appearance of the plants. They avoid being eaten by blending in with surrounding rocks and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. The formation of the name from the Greek " ops" means that even