Mammillaria meiacantha
Engelm.
Cactaceae
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:
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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- Flora of N. America
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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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- 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.
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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- 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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Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Perennial |
| Height | 0.10 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
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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- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
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- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
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- 2014
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- 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 [
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- 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.
]. The purplish pink, club-shaped to obovoid fruit is 20 - 32mm long[
270- 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.
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Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
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