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Useful Temperate Plants

Mammillaria meiacantha

Engelm.

Cactaceae

+ Synonyms

Mammillaria gummifera meiacantha (Engelm.) L.D.Benson

Mammillaria heyderi meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt

Mammillaria melanocentra meiacantha (Engelm.) R.T.Craig

Mammillaria melanocentra runyonii (Britton & Rose) R.T.Craig

Mammillaria runyonii (Britton & Rose) Boed.

Neomammillaria meiacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Neomammillaria runyonii Britton & Rose

Common Name:

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General Information

Mammillaria meiacantha is a spiny, evergreen, cylindrical cactus producing a single stem that is flat-topped, becoming hemispherical, around 10cm tall and 8 - 10cm (exceptionally to 30cm) in diameter[
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Title
Flora of N. America
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http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
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An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Title
Flora of N. America
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http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
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Description
An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.

Range

Southern N. America - New Mexico, western Texas, northern Mexico (Nuevo León).

Habitat

Great Plains grasslands, pine-oak woodlands, ecotone between Chihuahuan desert scrub adjacent more mesic habitats; at elevations from 900 - 2,500 metres[
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Title
Flora of N. America
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Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
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ISBN
 
Description
An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
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Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Perennial
Height0.10 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Mammillaria meiacantha is a plant of arid and semi-arid regions in southwest N. America. It requires a dry climate and plenty of heat in the growing season. The plant is somewhat cold tolerant, in its native habitat it can withstand short periods with temperatures falling as low as -10°c[
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Desert Tropicals
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http://www.desert-tropicals.com/
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The main focus of the site is succulent plants, but it also contains information on a wide range of other species. Usually at least one good photograph, plus basic information about the plant and its cultivation.
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Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
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Title
Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
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Author
Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
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Year
2014
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Description
A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
]. The fruit is juicy, but only in the fruit walls [
270
Title
Flora of N. America
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
Publisher
 
Year
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ISBN
 
Description
An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
]. The purplish pink, club-shaped to obovoid fruit is 20 - 32mm long[
270
Title
Flora of N. America
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
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Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2024-03-29. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Mammillaria+meiacantha>

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