for future use or made into pickles and chutney. There is only a tiny amount of flesh in the fruit, and it must be fully ripe otherwise it is very sour. The leaves can be used in salads and can also be used as a replacement for pickled cucumber. Medicinal The leaf juice is acerbic and slightly antiseptic. It can be mixed with water and used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery and stomach cramps, and can also be gargled to alleviate laryngitis, sore throat and mouth infections. Masticating its leaf tip and ingesting the juice may relieve a sore throat. The leaf juice is also used externally as a calming curative for burns, bruises, scrapes, cuts, grazes and sunburn, ringworm, eczema, dermatitis, sunburn, herpes, nappy rash, cold sores, cracked lips, chafing, skin conditions and allergies and curative for insect stings. References External links Jepson Manual Treatment — Carpobrotus chilensis USDA Plants Profile: Carpobrotus chilensis Carpobrotus chilensis — U.C. Photo gallery chilensis Flora of Southern Africa Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by N. E. Brown Taxa named by Juan Ignacio Molina