Monopsis Simplex - Indigenous South African Annual - 10 Seeds Melon where it grows on clay

where it grows on clay and granite slopes

It is known in Yoruba as efo tete or arowo jeja (meaning "we have money left over for fish")

The fruit of this plant is edible

Growing to 60cm with fleshy smooth leaves and pink flowers in autumn

The fruit is a large edible fig

Monopsis Simplex - Indigenous South African Annual - 10 Seeds Melon where it grows on clayLobelioideae is a subfamily of the plant family Campanulaceae. It contains 32 genera, totalling about 1200 species. Some of the larger genera are Lobelia, Siphocampylus, Centropogon, Burmeistera and Cyanea. They are perennials, sometimes annuals, ranging in form from herbs to small trees. Most species are tropical in distribution, but in total this subfamily occurs almost worldwide, being absent only from Arctic regions, central Asia and the Near