Cactaceae

Rose cactus

Pereskia grandifolia Haw.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Pereskia

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Rose cactus (Pereskia grandifolia) — Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

arz: بيريسكيا جرانديفوليا
Chinese: 大叶木麒麟, 大葉木麒麟, 大叶麒麟
Dutch: Boomcactus
English: Rose cactus
Japanese: オオバキリン, 大葉麒麟
Lithuanian: Stambiažiedė pereskija
Persian: کاکتوس گلسرخ
Swedish: Skär trädkaktus
Thai: กุหลาบเมาะลำเลิง, กุหลาบเทียม
Vietnamese: Diệp long, Xương rồng diệp long

Synonyms

Cactus grandifolius (Haw.) Link
Pereskia grandiflora Pfeiff.
Pereskia grandifolia subsp. grandifolia
Pereskia grandifolia var. grandifolia
Pereskia ochnacarpa Miq.
Pereskia ochnocarpa Miq.
Pereskia rosea Hort. ex A.Dietr.
Pereskia tampicana F.A.C.Weber
Rhodocactus grandifolius (Haw.) F.M.Knuth
Rhodocactus tampicanus (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

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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.