Zantedeschia aethiopica green berries partly exposed

Zantedeschia aethiopica is the one arum or calla lily that may be either deciduous like all the others, or evergreen where moisture and milder temperatures allow. Gardeners can achieve the evergreen condition through watering or planting them in the "wet spot".

The dense fruit structure is a little like a miniature pineapple and the resemblance even stronger when the ripening soft fruits turn orange, sometimes with green tips. The flowering stem is erect at the time of fruiting.

This is the arum with the largest geographical distribution, from the Cape Peninsula in seasonally wet places to many parts of the country, but mostly in the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (Manning, 2009; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Pooley, 1998; Mason and Du Plessis, 1972; iNaturalist).