Pereskii are amazing plants in the cactus family, the only ones to have full leaves. They are more similar to rose hips than cacti, and the shape of a bush, and some species even the structure of a flower. Many of them are becoming more and more popular with true lovers of succulents and cacti, despite the fact that at home they form large thorny bushes (subject to full sunlight).
| Type | Name | Trunk | Bark | Leaves | Areoles/spines | Flowers | Homeland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal areas | Pereskia aculeata Pereskia prickly |
liana | chestnut, cracked | medium, leathery, back reddish 5-11/2-5 | young have 2-3 spikes, white, for attachment to the support; old ones have up to 25 more straight spines 4-8 mm | white, pink, fawn, fragrant, 3-5 cm, terminal and lateral, can be in inflorescences up to 70 pieces | Lat. Americas, Florida, Paraguay, Caribbean Islands |
| Coastal areas | Pereskia bahiensis Pereskia Brazilian |
bush | chestnut with cracks, d = 30 cm | long, leathery, no petioles 4-12/2-7 | young 0-6, old up to 45 straight lines of different lengths (2 -9 cm) | pink, purple. One-day-olds, in inflorescences from 2 to 12, 4-7 cm | Brazil 400-900m above w/m |
| Coastal areas | Pereskia bleo Pereskia orange |
bush | young olive, old chestnut, d = 15 cm | long, leathery, on long petioles 3 cm, 6-20/2-7 | spines 0-5 to 40 straight, black at the ends, up to 2 cm | red, fragrant, 4-6 cm, terminal or lateral, in inflorescences of 2-4 pieces, similar but rose | Panama, Colombia, 400-900m above w/m |
| Coastal areas | Pereskia grandifolia Large-leaved pereshia |
bush | chestnut, rough, d = 20 | elongated: 9-23/4-6, on petioles 5-12 mm | spines from 0-8 to 90 strong, straight, black, of different lengths (1-6.5 cm) | saturated pink, 4-5 cm, terminal or lateral, single or in inflorescences 10-20 pieces. There are forms with a different color of the flower | Brazil |
| Coastal areas | Pereskia sacharosa Pereskia sugar |
bush | brown | green, 10/6, leathery | areoles light pubescent, spines dark brown, thin, 5-6 on areola, long (up to 5 cm) | large dark pink (up to 12 cm) | Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil |
| Tropical | Pereskia guamacho Perescia guamacho |
bush-shaped | d = 25 cm | small, 2-7/1-6, petioles clearly visible, 1-5 mm | young 0-2 0.5-2 cm long, old to 60 3-5 cm long | yellow small (2-5 cm), lateral, single or in inflorescences of 2-3, blooms until the leaves bloom | Colombia, Venezuela, Antilles, dry areas up to 800 m above sea level |
| Tropical | Pereskia lychnidiflora Pereskiya lichnisotsvetkovaya |
tree | d = 30-40 cm rough, with cracks; horizontal shoots | small, 2-6/1-4, short petioles | spines from 1-3 to 30, different lengths, 2-12 cm | yellow-orange, 6 cm, terminal, single | Mexico, Costa Rica, dry forests up to 1000m above w/m |
| Tropical | Pereskia marcanoi Pereskia creeping |
bush | khaki color, with cracks, prickly | 3,5-7 / 1-3 | up to 30 spines up to 3 cm long | pink-purple, rosehip-like, separated, 3-5 cm | Dominican Republic |
| Tropical | Pereskia portulacifolia Peresky portulacolia |
bush | prickly chestnut | small 5-15/4-10 mm | up to 50 spines 22 mm long | purple like rose hips, up to 6 cm | Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica |
| Tropical | Pereskia quisqueyana Peresky five-membered |
bush | prickly, khaki, cracked | small 3-5/3 | pink as rosehip, 5-7 cm, blooms all year round | Dominican Republic | |
| Tropical | Pereskia zinniiflora Pereskia cyniflora |
tree | olive with red tint | elongated, medium | about 5-10 spines, reddish, long, all in different directions. Hairy areoles | red-pink | Cuba |
| Mountain | Pereskia diazromeroana Perescia diazromeroana |
bush, tuberous roots | d = 2 cm, from light green to light chestnut | small, 2-4/1-2, short petioles | 5-12 spines of different lengths (5-30 mm), straight, brown, all in different directions | light pink, terminal, 1-3 cm, single or in inflorescences of 2-3; have white forms | Bolivia, dry valleys 1300-2000 m above sea level |
| Mountain | Pereskia humboldtii Pereskia Humboldt |
bush, tubers | creeping shoots, green to chestnut | small, 2-4/1-3, short petioles | on young areoles 1-4 soft spines, on old ones up to 10 long (1-4 cm), straight, sharp, brown | small (5-15 mm), red or yellow-orange, terminal or lateral, in inflorescences of 2-6. There are other colors | Peru, dry valleys 500-700m above w/m |
| Mountain | Pereskia weberiana Peresky weber |
bush, tubers | d = 12cm, green to chestnut, rough | 3-6/1-3, petiole-free, small | Areoles fleecy, spines: 1 central (long), 2-3/20 lateral, straight, sharp, brown, 0.5-2 cm | small pink (2-2.5 cm), single terminal, one-day | Bolivia, dry forests and valleys 1100-1900m above w/m |