Biology:Austrocylindropuntia floccosa

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Short description: Species of plant

Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
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

  1. "Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160110204402/http://www.aymara.ucb.edu.bo/html/aymara/afueraweb/diccionario.html. 
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. Alfredo N. Neves, Diccionario de Americanismos (Editorial Sopena. Argentina, S.A.)

Wikidata ☰ Q291558 entry