Pereskii are amazing plants from the cactus family, the only ones with full leaves. They are more like a rosehip than a cactus, and the shape of a bush, and some species even a flower structure. Many of them are becoming more and more popular with true lovers of succulents and cacti, despite the fact that they form large thorny bushes at home (subject to full sunlight).
A type
| Name | Trunk | Bark | Leaves | Areola / spines | Flowers | Homeland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Areas |
Pereskia aculeata Pereskia prickly |
liana | chestnut, cracked | medium, leathery, reddish underside 5-11 / 2-5 | young have 2-3 thorns, white, for attachment to the support; old ones have up to 25 straight spines 4-8 mm | white, pink, fawn, fragrant, 3-5 cm, terminal and lateral, can be in inflorescences up to 70 pieces | Lat. America, Florida, Paraguay, Caribbean |
| Coastal Areas |
Pereskia bahiensis Brazilian Perescia |
bush | chestnut with cracks, d = 30cm | long, leathery, without petioles 4-12 / 2-7 | young 0-6, old up to 45 straight lines of different lengths (2 -9 cm) | pink, purple. One-day, in inflorescences from 2 to 12, 4-7 cm | Brazil 400-900m above sea level |
| Coastal Areas |
Pereskia bleo Pereskia orange |
bush | young olive, old chestnut, d = 15 cm | long, leathery, with long petioles 3 cm, 6-20 / 2-7 | spines from 0-5 to 40 straight, black at the ends, up to 2 cm | red, fragrant, 4-6 cm, terminal or lateral, in inflorescences of 2-4 pieces, similar but rose | Panama, Colombia, 400-900 m asl |
| Coastal Areas |
Pereskia grandifolia Pereskia large-leaved |
bush | chestnut, rough, d = 20 | elongated: 9-23 / 4-6, on petioles 5-12 mm | spines from 0-8 to 90 strong, straight, black, of various lengths (1-6.5 cm) | deep pink, 4-5 cm, terminal or lateral, single or in inflorescences 10-20 pieces. There are forms with a different color of the flower | Brazil |
| Coastal Areas |
Pereskia sacharosa Pereskia sugar |
bush | brown | green, 10/6, leathery | areoles light pubescent, dark brown spines, thin, 5-6 on areola, long (up to 5 cm) | large dark pink (up to 12 cm) | Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil |
| Tropical |
Pereskia guamacho Perescia guamacho |
bushy | d = 25cm | small, 2-7 / 1-6, well-visible petioles, 1-5 mm | young 0-2 0.5-2 cm long, old up to 60 3-5 cm long | yellow small (2-5 cm), lateral, solitary or in inflorescences 2-3, blooms before the leaves open | Colombia, Venezuela, Antilles, dry areas at an altitude of up to 800m above sea level |
| Tropical |
Pereskia lychnidiflora Pereskia lichnisoflower |
wood | d = 30-40cm rough, with cracks; horizontal shoots | small, 2-6 / 1-4, short petioles | spines from 1-3 to 30, different lengths, 2-12 cm | yellow-orange, 6 cm, terminal, single | Mexico, Costa Rica, dry forests up to 1000 m above sea level |
| Tropical |
Pereskia marcanoi Creeping pereskiya |
bush | khaki, cracked, prickly | 3.5-7 / 1-3 | up to 30 spines up to 3cm long | pink-purple, like a rosehip, separate, 3-5 cm | Dominican Republic |
| Tropical |
Pereskia portulacifolia Pereskia purslane |
bush | prickly chestnut | small 5-15 / 4-10 mm | up to 50 spines 22 mm long | purple, like wild rose, up to 6 cm | about. Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica |
| Tropical |
Pereskia quisqueyana Pereskia five-membered |
bush | prickly, khaki, cracked | small 3-5 / 3 | pink, like a dog rose, 5-7 cm, blooms all year round | Dominican Republic | |
| Tropical |
Pereskia zinniiflora Pereskia ciniflora |
wood | olive with red tint | elongated, medium | about 5-10 spines, reddish, long, all in different directions. Areoles pubescent | red-pink | Cuba |
| Mountain |
Pereskia diazromeroana Pereskium diazromeroane |
bush, tuberous roots | d = 2cm, from light green to light chestnut | small, 2-4 / 1-2, short petioles | 5-12 spines of different lengths (5-30 mm), straight, brown, all in different directions | light pink, terminal, 1-3 cm, solitary or in inflorescences of 2-3; there are white forms | Bolivia, dry valleys 1300-2000m above sea level |
| Mountain |
Pereskia humboldtii Pereskia Humboldt |
bush, tubers | creeping shoots, from green to chestnut | small, 2-4 / 1-3, short petioles | on young areoles 1-4 soft spines, on old ones up to 10 long (1-4 cm), straight, sharp, brown | small (5-15 mm), red or yellow-orange, terminal or lateral, in inflorescences 2-6. There are other colors | Peru, dry valleys 500-700m above sea level |
| Mountain |
Pereskia weberiana Pereskija Weber |
bush, tubers | d = 12cm, from green to chestnut, rough | 3-6 / 1-3, without petioles, small | Areoles fleecy, spines: 1 central (long), 2-3 / 20 lateral, straight, sharp, brown, 0.5-2 cm | small pink (2-2.5 cm), terminal single, one-day | Bolivia, dry forests and valleys 1100-1900m above sea level |
