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Cereus repandus (syn. Cereus peruvianus), the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, spiny columnar cactus found in South America. It is also known as giant club cactus, hedge cactus, cadushi (in Papiamento and Wayuunaiki), and kayush.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Venezuelan apple cactus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Stenocereus griseus
- Pilosocereus armatus
- Stenocereus heptagonus
- Pilosocereus lanuginosus
- Pilosocereus polygonus
- Armatocereus cartwrightianus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cereus
- Species
- Cereus repandus
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