Pereskia aculeata, Pereskia bleo.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC.
Engl.: wax-rose.
Span.: bleo, bleo de chupa, chupa, chupa melón, najií, najú de culebra, najú de esoubas.
Bot. syn.: Cactus bleo Kunth.
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