Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
| Austrocylindropuntia floccosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Austrocylindropuntia |
| Species: | A. floccosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter
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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[]
- ^ "Diccionario de Sinónimos de lengua aymara". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch [Quechua-English dictionary] (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.
- ^ Alfredo N. Neves, Diccionario de Americanismos (Editorial Sopena. Argentina, S.A.)
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- Cacti of South America
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