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Edible: Fruit

A tree like cactus. It grows 4-7 m tall. The branches have several slender spine. These are about 1 cm long. The fruit are 5-6 cm long and wide. They are yellow when ripe.

It is a tropical plant.

Common Names: Bleo, Orange rose-cactus

Synonyms:

Cactus bleo Kunth;
Pereskia corrugata Cutak;
Pereskia panamensis F. A. C. Weber;
Rhodocactus bleo (Kunth) F. M. Kunth;
Rhodocactus corrugatus (Cutak) Backeb. 


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