Flowers small, yellowish green and followed by orange yellow fruits. Native to Ethiopia. Large tuberous rootstock. Fruits spotted green and white, conical in shape, eventually bright orange red at maturity and dehiscing. A newer African species with a large fleshy caudex.
Stems grow vigorously in summer bearing fern-like leaves.
Native to the deserts of the American Southwest. With large elongated fleshy tubers. Requires a large and deep pot for cultivation. Flowers an insignificant greenish white followed by globular very spiny fruits. A fast growing tropical climbing plant requiring plenty of root space for the caudex.