Cactaceae
Puerto Rico applecactus
Harrisia portoricensis
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Harrisia
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Harrisia portoricensisCactaceae
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- هاريسيا بورتوريسينسيس
- Chinese
- 赫氏柱
- English
- Puerto Rico applecactus
- Spanish
- Higo chumbo
Synonyms
- Cereus portoricensis (Britton) Urb.
- Harrisia hurstii W.T.Marshall
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.