Austrocylindropuntia floccosa

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Austrocylindropuntia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Austrocylindropuntieae
Genus: Austrocylindropuntia
Species: A. floccosa
Binomial name
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
(Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter

Austrocylindropuntia floccosa, called Huaraco, is found in high plains of Northern Peru and Bolivia. They are cultivated by planting them close together to make living fences. Their fruit is edible. (Source: Diccionario de Americanismos por Alfredo N. Neves (Editorial Sopena. Argentina, S.A.)

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