Summary[
edit] Description: Family: Cactaceae Distribution: Introduced from S.America. Naturalized in tropics.Photographed at Nellore. Common as a hedge plant. Armed shrubs. 2-3m tall. Stem leaf less, green, ribbed, 5 angled, fleshy, fibrous, areoles spiny. Flowers greenish white, large, soliary, Perianth lobes many, stamens many,. Local name: Telugu: Sepoy jemudu/ bramma jemudu. Date: 3 July 2011, 08:56. Source:
Cereus pterogonus Limaire. Author:
Lalithamba from India.