Tristerix aphyllus
(Miers ex DC.) Barlow & Wiens
LoranthaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Chile South America,
How to Identify
A plant that grows on other cactus plants (Echinopsis chiloensis and Eulychnia acida). It is without leaves. The flowers are fruit develop on the cactus columns. The flowers are 4-5 cm long. The fruit are red to white.
How to Grow
The plant can be grown from fruit plants in the specific cactus.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Tristerix aphyllus is a holoparasitic plant species of the genus Tristerix in the family Loranthaceae. It is endemic to Chile. T. aphyllus is sometimes called the "cactus mistletoe." It should not be confused with the mistletoe cactus, which is an epiphytic cactus, and not a mistletoe.
