Family Name | Cactaceae |
Scientific name | Nontocactus scopa "lanada" |
Common name | Silver Ball Cactus |
Growth habit | Desert dicotyledonous flowering plants |
Leaf | Yellow, straight and hard bristle |
Flower | Yellow flower petals from gradually fade to white, flowering from March to May |
Fruit | Berries, sweet and juicy |
More to learn | Can be used as direct consumption of vegetables, can also be processed into a variety of health care products |
Properties | Taste sweet or bitter, astringent, can lower blood sugar, blood fat, lowering blood pressure |
Treats | Detoxification, loose silt swelling, stomach pain, cough. Within with the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute dysentery, cough |
Reference | Gallery on Cactus General Information on Cactus Profile on Cactus |