Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Cactaceae | Genus: Austrocylindropuntia | Species:
Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica (Lam.)
Backeb.
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Austrocylindropuntia intermedia Rauh & Backeb.,Cylindropuntia cylindrica (Lam.) F.M.Knuth | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Cane cactus | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Cane cactus | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | April-June | |
| Altitude | 1,500 to 3,500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Egg to urn shaped, deep green-yellow green. |
| Habitat | High altitude shrublands and also as ornamental plant. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Native to south western USA and Mexico | Bark Details | Succulent and prickly |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Needle-like | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Leaves absent (or all modified into scales or spines) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubby perennial cactus, up to 4 meter tall. and more with remarkably spirally rhomboid humped. Leaf rudiments subulate, often converted in spines, two to six (rarely to eight) thorns, spreading, straight, rotating round or slightly flattened and sometimes slightly pubescent. Flowers solitary, reddish pink. Fruit ellipsoidal to urn-shaped | Leaf Details | Leaf rudiments subulate, often converted in spines, two to six (rarely to eight) thorns, spreading, straight, rotating round or slightly flattened and sometimes slightly pubescent. |
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