Origin: Mexico (Jalisco, Sinaloa)
Growth Habits: Erect or climbing up to 6 feet tall (1.8 m), fleshy conical root, yellowish white, up to 4 in. wide (10 cm); green stems up to 32 inches long (80 cm), 0.4 to 0.6 in. in diameter (1-1.5 cm); young stems have 4 or 5 ribs; 8-9 spines when mature.
Blooming Habits:
White flowers with outside segments greenish with red spots, 4 inches in diameter (10 cm), with a green, spiny, tuberculate ovary, green tube with reddish spots, 2 inches long (5 cm). The fruits are ovoid, spiny, red, 1.2 inches long (3 cm), 1 inch in diameter (2.5 cm) with red pulp. The seeds are brown.
Desert-Tropicals is dedicated to provide gardening advice, gardening ideas, and information about flower of all kind for landscape and collections.We try to check carefully the identification of the plants on the illustrations as well as the other information from the page, but occasionally errors do occur. if you notice anything that needs to be changed please contact us.Thanks.
© 1998-2020 Philippe Faucon, All Rights Reserved.