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  3. ›flowering plants
  4. ›Dicots
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  6. ›cacti
  7. ›globular cacti, moonlight cacti, torch cacti, and allies
  8. ›Trichocereeae
  9. ›Harrisia
Giant Red Dragon Apple Cactus
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Giant Red Dragon Apple Cactus

Harrisia bonplandii

Harrisia bonplandii is a species of cactus. The cactus plants in the Gran Chaco (Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia) are generally called Tuna and this specific variety Reina de la Noche (Queen of the Night). Fruits and roots are edible and well known to the native nations of the Gran Chaco.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 157462.