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|synonyms_ref = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species )〕 |}} ''Pereskia aculeata'' is a scrambling shrub in the family Cactaceae. Common names include Barbados gooseberry, Barbados shrub, leaf cactus and ora-pro-nobis. It is native to tropical America. The leaves and fruits are edible, containing high quantities of protein, iron and other nutrients, and it is a popular vegetable in parts of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais under the name of . ==Description== Like other members of the genus ''Pereskia'', these plants are unusual cacti with spiny non-succulent stems and large leaves. It is a scrambling vine growing to tall in trees, with stems thick. Younger stems have hooked thorns and older stems have clusters of woody spines. The leaves are long and broad, simple, entire, and deciduous in the dry season. The strongly scented flowers are white, cream or pinkish, diameter, and numerous, produced in panicles. The fruit is a rounded berry, translucent white to pink, yellow, orange or red, and in diameter. The leaves are edible, containing 20 to 30% of protein in the dry leaf matter. The fruit are also edible, containing numerous small seeds. It somewhat resembles the gooseberry in appearance and is of excellent flavor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pereskia aculeata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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