Cereus triangularis

Mill.

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Cereus triangularis
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Cereus triangularis
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANSP-PH)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

Where to Find It

It needs warm temperatures. It is damaged by frost.

South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

How to Identify

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.

How to Grow

It can be grown from cuttings.

References (1)
  • Californian Rare Fruit Grower www.crfg.org/fg/xref-c.

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