Apteranthes tuberculata

A clumping stapeliad (often still sold as Caralluma tuberculata) with grey-green, four-angled, toothed stems. It grows across arid hills from Arabia through Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it is gathered as food and medicine. It is one of the hardier stapeliads but still wants a gritty mix and a dry winter.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Stony, arid hillsides, gravel plains and the foot of rocks, often among sparse shrubs. Records span hot lowland Yemen to cold-winter uplands near Kabul.

Recorded at 175-2,540 m, median 1,000 m. Higher sites have frosty winters.

YemenOmanIranAfghanistanPakistanJordan

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.