Plants in the Genus Cereus

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Cereus is a genus of about 20 species of tree-like or columnar, perennial cacti, primarily from rocky areas in South America and the Caribbean with thick, spiny ribs and nocturnal, cup- or funnel-shaped flowers in summer and autumn followed by ovoid, fleshy, red or yellow fruit.

Click on any of the 2 plants listed below in the genus Cereus to read more about that plant, or go back to the genus a-z.

Cereus tetragonus 'Fairy Castle' (Fairy castle cactus)
Cereus uruguayanus (Hedge cactus)