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Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (view source)
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|species=brasiliensis
|taxo_author=(Willd.) A.Berger
|common_name=Cuija
|habit=cacti-succulent
|origin=S America
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Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult.
Opuntia brasiliensis, Haw. A large, tree-like plant reaching a height of 15-18 ft., numerously branched, with a thick, roundish crown and an upright trunk, 4-6 in. diam., and bearing numerous spines 1 in. or less in length: joints of two kinds, cylindrical, unarticulate, elongate ones and others which are shorter and much flattened and which arise as offshoots from the former; the latter lf.-like, thin; 2-6 in. long, oblong, rarely oblong-lanceolate or orbicular, dark green, margin angular, sometimes irregular: areoles with short gray wool and numerous brown bristles; spines usually 1, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, 1-2½ in. long, mostly from the marginal areoles, white, with brownish tips: fls. numerous, citron-yellow, 2 in. wide: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, yellow, about 1½ in. diam/ Brazil and southward.—One of the species most frequent in cult.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
Synonyms:<br>
''Brasiliopuntia argentina'' <small>([[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]) [[Alwin Berger|A.Berger]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia bahiensis'' <small>([[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]) [[A.Berger.]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis ssp. subacarpa'' <small>?</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia neoargentina'' <small>[[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia schulzii'' <small>([[A.Cast.]] & [[Michel G. Lelong|Lelong]]) [[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]</small><br/>''Brasiliopuntia subacarpa'' <small>[[Carlos Toledo Rizzini|Rizzini]] & [[A.Mattos]]</small><br/>''Cactus brasiliensis'' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]</small><br/>''Opuntia argentina'' <small>[[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small><br/>''Opuntia bahiensis'' <small>[[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]</small><br/>''Opuntia brasiliensis'' <small>([[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]) [[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haw.]]</small><br/>''Opuntia neoargentina'' <small>([[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]) [[G.D.Rowley]]</small><br/>''Opuntia schulzii'' <small>[[A.Cast.]] & [[Michel G. Lelong|Lelong]]</small>
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:OpuntiaBrasiliensisTop.jpg|Top of Opuntia brasiliensis
Image:OpuntiaBrasiliensisTrunk.jpg|The trunk
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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