WorldFloraDB - Selenicereus grandiflorus

Characteristics

Plants usually terrestrial and hemi-epiphytic, sometimes epip-hytic, clambering or vinelike. Roots terrestrial and adventitous. Stems green to bluish green, becoming purplish along ribs, to several m, 1-2.5 cm diam.; ribs 5-8, low; areoles usually 1-2 cm apart along ribs, 1-2 mm diam. Spines eventually deciduous, 6-18 per areole, whitish to brownish, ± bristlelike or short acicular, 4.5-12(-15) mm, intermixed with long, whitish hairs; radial and central spines not distinguishable. Flowers 17.5-30 × 12.5-17.5 cm; outer tepals brown, orange, or lemon yellow, linear; inner tepals white, oblanceolate, apex acute; areoles of ovary and flower tube bearing long hairlike spines. Fruits pink to whitish, ovoid, 50-90 × 45-70 mm, covered with numerous hairlike spines. 2n = 22.

More

A cactus. It is a climbing plant with many side branches. These climb by aerial roots. It can be 6 m long. The stems are fleshy and 2-3 cm across. They are cylinder shaped with 5-8 ribs. There are spines in groups of five. The flowers occur singly and hang down. They are 15-18 cm long and near the groups of spines. The fruit are 8 cm long and red or yellow. The seeds are small and black in a white pulp.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	climber
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.

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Usage

Uses	eating environmental use medicinal ornamental pharmaceutical
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Angina pectoris, variant (flower), Diuretics (flower), Central nervous system stimulants (flower), Angina pectoris, variant (shoot), Cardiotonic agents (shoot), Diuretics (shoot), Central nervous system stimulants (shoot), Cardiac (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Carditis (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Goiter (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Fungoid (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Arrhythmias, cardiac (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Heart diseases (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified)
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Identifiers

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WFO ID	wfo-0000438959
COL ID	4WDCN
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INPN ID	630637
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Selenicereus grandiflorus Cactus grandiflorus Cereus grandiflorus Cereus antoinii Cereus obtusus Cereus rosaceus Cereus uranos Cereus ophites Cereus grandiflorus var. armatus Cereus nycticalus var. armatus Cereus scandens var. minor Cereus grandiflorus var. minor Cereus grandiflorus var. uranos Cereus grandiflorus var. affinis Cereus grandiflorus var. uranus Selenicereus grandiflorus var. ophites Selenicereus grandiflorus var. uranus Selenicereus grandiflorus var. affinis Cereus grandiflorus var. uranos Selenicereus grandiflorus var. barbadensis

Lower taxons

Selenicereus grandiflorus subsp. hondurensis Selenicereus grandiflorus subsp. donkelaarii Selenicereus grandiflorus subsp. lautneri Selenicereus grandiflorus subsp. grandiflorus

WorldFloraDB 2024

Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose

Queen of the night (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Selenicereus