Zulu Giant
Stapelia gigantea N.E.Br.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 25 cm
- wide
- —
Apocynaceae
Also called Carrion Plant, Carrion Flower, Giant Carrion Flower, Giant Stapelia, Giant Toad Flower
Formerly Ceropegia gigantea, Gonostemon giganteus, Stapelia cylista, Stapelia marlothii, and 2 more
When it flowers
Flowers June to October in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. & S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 25 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 10 °C (USDA zone 12a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers November to May, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers November to May, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers November to May, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers November to May, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers November to May, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers November to May, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Planta africana de carroña
- Japanese
- オウサイカク
- Chinese (China)
- 大豹皮花, 大花犀角
- Chinese
- 大花犀角, 大豹皮花, 巨花犀角
- root
- Gab, Ghaap, Ghap, Guaap, Ngaap, nyamwari, tililo
- Afrikaans
- Bokhoringkie, Duikershoring, Haasoor
- Finnish
- jättiraatokukka
- Russian
- Стапелия гигантская
- Slovak
- stapélia obrovská
- Turkish
- İri Leş Kaktüsü
- French
- Stapélie géante
- Simplified Chinese
- 大豹皮花, 巨花犀角
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Stapelia gigantea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.