

Apple Cactus
Cereus repandus
Cereus repandus (L.) Mill. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cereus.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is CARIBBEAN, WIN, NLA, WINDO, CLMOO, VENOO, WINSV, DOMOO, WINGR, VEN, NLA_BO, ARU; S. Caribbean, Venezuela to Colombia.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent tree, seasonally dry tropical.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Cereus repandus (L.) Mill.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130627-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Cereus repandus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8429062 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
S. Caribbean, Venezuela to Colombia
Automatically collected source range/note: CARIBBEAN, WIN, NLA, WIN_DO, CLM_OO, VEN_OO, WIN_SV, DOM_OO, WIN_GR, VEN, NLA_BO, ARU; S. Caribbean, Venezuela to Colombia.