Cereus triangularis
Mill.
Cactaceae Edible: Fruit
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANSP-PH)
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANSP-PH)
Description
A night flowering cactus. It is a climbing plant. The fruit are bright red. It needs to be hand pollinated in areas where the appropriate pollinating insect does not occur.
Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It needs warm temperatures. It is damaged by frost.
Where It Grows
South America,
Cultivation
It can be grown from cuttings.
References (1)
- Californian Rare Fruit Grower www.crfg.org/fg/xref-c.
