Disphyma australe. Horokaha. New Zealand ice plant.
Māori names
horokaha, ngarangara, ruerueke (all in Williams 1971); [eruerueka, Taylor 1855]; naupiro (Taylor 1847)
Common names
Food
"This plant produces an insipid fruit which can be eaten, as also the leaves which make a very good pickle" (Taylor 1847). Also Kirk, in Taylor 1870.
Medicinal
Juice (with rauriki) applied to boils (Taylor 1848 and 1870 ; Goldie 1905).
Related pharmacology and chemistry in Brooker, Cambie and Cooper 1987.