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Date Posted: 05:44:02 09/17/04 Fri
Author: Mycena
Subject: Succulents as Crops

It was Didges' link on the mailing list and a fe wother instances that lead me to ask the question

what species of succulent are suitable as crops in Australia

Climate change is real and even if it were to pass us by miraculously wed still have the same hyper variable climate we have now

I moved west to east thinking itd be all moist n subtropical only to experience the harsh reality of what El nino really means (we live on tank water)
so my interests in succulents has increased

Opuntia is i guess off the list

Sisal (fibre)
Tequila agave (tequila)
Hoodia (weight loss)
Sceletium (antidepressant)
Cereus peruvianus, Hylocereus undatus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans all have nice fruit. echinocereus too
I think Trichocereus spachianus has potential too being somewhat kiwi fruit like
Baobab as confectionary fruits and the young seedlings are being marketed as a gourmet vegetable in the kimberley

what others are out there that have modern potential
(not incl those with outdated indigenous use like using saguaro seed for flour -where the manner of collection is somewhat unsavoury ;) )

The biggest problem would be stock and selected material

Either way if Australias going to survive we need to put a hell of a lot more $ and ingenuity into dryland agriculture research

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