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Pereskia aculeata
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Pereskia aculeata is a scrambling shrub in the family Cactaceae. Common names include Barbados gooseberry, blade-apple cactus, leaf cactus, rose cactus, and lemonvine. It is native to tropical America. The leaves and fruits are edible, containing high quantities of protein, iron and other nutrients, and it is a popular vegetable in parts of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais under the name of ora-pro-nóbis.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pereskia aculeata
- Slug
- pereskia-aculeata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pereskia
- Species
- aculeata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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