Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
| Austrocylindropuntia floccosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Opuntioideae |
| Tribe: | Austrocylindropuntieae |
| Genus: | Austrocylindropuntia |
| Species: | A. floccosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter | |
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa, also called waraqu (Aymara and Quechua for cactus,[1][2] hispanicized spelling Huaraco) is found in the high plains of Northern Peru and Bolivia.
Uses
Fences
Waraqu are cultivated for the use of planting them close together to make living fences.
Fruit
The Austrocylindropuntia floccosa fruit is edible.[3]
References
- ↑ "Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara". Félix Layme Pairumani. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ Alfredo N. Neves, Diccionario de Americanismos (Editorial Sopena. Argentina, S.A.)
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