Acanthocereus occidentalis

Britton & Rose

Bajinco

Cactaceae Edible: Stems, Vegetable Potential hazards — see below 6,747 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.

Edible Uses

Young stems are eaten as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

Young stems are eaten as a vegetable.

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Known Hazards

Toxicodendron radicans: vine – yedra Toxicodendron radicans var. divaricatum: vine – yedra

Distribution

It is a subtropical plant.

Where It Grows

Mexico,

Also Known As

Tasajillo

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 10