Cactaceae
Barbados shrub
Pereskia aculeata
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pereskia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 叶仙人掌, 葉仙人掌, 木麒麟, 虎刺
- English
- Barbados shrub, Barbados gooseberry
- French
- Groseillier des Barbades
- Japanese
- モクキリン
- Korean
- 목기린선인장
- Lithuanian
- Dygliuotoji pereskija
- Persian
- کاکتوس انگورفرنگی
- Portuguese
- Ora-pro-nobis, Ora pro nobis
- Russian
- Переския шиповатая, Барбадосский крыжовник, Переския колючая
- Swedish
- Trädkaktus
Synonyms
- Cactus lucidus Salisb.
- Cactus pereskia L.
- Pereskia acardia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.
- Pereskia aculeata f. rubescens (Pfeiff.) Krainz
- Pereskia aculeata var. brasiliensis (Pfeiff.) Borg
- Pereskia aculeata var. godseffiana (Anon.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth ex Krainz
- Pereskia aculeata var. lanceolata Pfeiff.
- Pereskia aculeata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck
- Pereskia aculeata var. longispina (Haw.) DC.
- Pereskia aculeata var. rotunda Monach.
- Pereskia aculeata var. rotundifolia Hort.Dyck. ex Pfeiff.
- Pereskia aculeata var. rubescens Pfeiff.
- Pereskia arcadia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.
- Pereskia brasiliensis Pfeiff.
- Pereskia braziliensis Pfeiff.
- Pereskia foetens Speg.
- Pereskia fragrans Lem.
- Pereskia godseffiana Anon.
- Pereskia longispina Haw.
- Pereskia peireskia H.Karst.
- Pereskia pereskia (L.) H.Karst.
- Pereskia rubescens (Pfeiff.) Houghton
- Pereskia undulata Lem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: scott.zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luiz Otávio Barrozo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: José Lúcio Bogatzky Filho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mayara Bettega, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Sarah Selles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Luis Fernando da Silveira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jaqueline Pereira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Miryam Borges, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.