Barbados gooseberry

Barbados gooseberry

Taxobox | name = Barbados gooseberry
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
genus = "Pereskia"
species = "P. aculeata"
binomial = "Pereskia aculeata"
binomial_authority = Mill.

"Pereskia aculeata" (Barbados gooseberry) is a species of "Pereskia", a genus of unusual cacti with spiny non-succulent stems and large leaves. It is native to tropical America.

It is a scrambling vine growing to 10 m tall in trees, with stems 2-3 cm thick. The leaves are 4-11 cm long and 1.5-4 cm broad, simple, entire, and deciduous in the dry season. The flowers are white, 2.5-5 cm diameter, and numerous, produced in panicles. The fruit is a yellow to orange berry 2 cm in diameter, edible, containing numerous small seeds. It somewhat resembles the gooseberry in appearance, is generally yellow in color and of excellent flavor.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
*"Grocer's Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of Food and Beverage", by Artemas Ward, New York, 1911.


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