Donkey Fig - Mestoklema tuberosum Size:4" Pot Throughout the summer

Throughout the summer

named for its trailing stems resembling a monkey's tail

The chalk Dudleya

such as covering the plant with a frost cloth

receives plenty of sunlight

Donkey Fig - Mestoklema tuberosum Size:4" Pot Throughout the summerMestoklema tuberosum is a shrubby "Mesemb" (related to the ice plant) that grows in Namibia and the dry northern Cape of South Africa. Several types of the Ice Plant Family (Aizoaceae), like those in the genus Mestoklema, are shrubby, although the majority are either dwarf or prostrate spreaders. South Africa's central and southern regions are home to the genus six species. Of these, Mestoklema tuberosum is the species that is most frequently observed