Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Pereskia aculeata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Mill.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Dict., ed. 8. ed. 8. 1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Leaf cactus	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Panama to S. Trop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Flower color	empty	magenta, orange, white, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub, Vine	Tree, Shrub, Vine · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 130, 444, 445	Sourced

Pereskia aculeata Mill., 1768 16% complete

Leaf cactus

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