English: Zulu giant; Carrion plant; Toad plant; Carron flower.
Region: south eastern Africa.
Botany: herb, ± 20 cm tall; clump-forming succulent; erect green stems; flowers large star-shaped five-petalled flowers, up to 25 cm, red and yellow, wrinkled, silky texture, fringed with hairs, smell of rotting flesh.