A genus Pereskia comprises Twenty-five tropical species and varieties of leafy cacti. It originate from either a region comprised between Brazil in the South and Mexico in the North. A genus is known as fallowing Nicolas Fabre de Peiresc, a French botanist of the 16th century and has been given its own subfamily Pereskioideae. Members of this genus come unremarkably known as lemon vines or even rose cacti or even leaf cacti, though this latter likewise refers to the genus Epiphyllum.

A genus Rhodocactus (A.Berger) F.M.Knuth has been brought into synonymy with this genus, as well as different orthographic variants: Peirescia Zucc. (orth. volt-ampere.), Peireskia Steud. (orth. volt-ampere.) & Perescia Lem. (orth. volt-ampere.).

Distribution
Outside their original metropolitan area, pereskias come as well observed in the Caribbean and the West Indies. Of these coinage has besides been naturalized to West Africa.

Description
Coinage of Pereskia may be unusual cacti, resembling other wild roses than actual cacti. Pereskia metal money use at times big, brilliantly green, privet-prefer leaves & hanker spinous stems; it is non really succulent, but may be bush, climbing plants or even slightly lush trees. Unlike Pereskiopsis, Maihuenia, Quiabentia and Austrocylindropuntia (which possess succulent, lasting leaves), Pereskia is the just cactus genus that has lasting non-succulent leaves.

Bush metal money unremarkably email Unity m high, however climbing or possibly arboriform mintage may even email Five to 20 m. Flowers might come out alone or even inside clump. It usually resemble roses and reach the across of 1 to Five cm. Colors of the flower depend in both coinage & alter from either white, yellow to magenta or even red. Fruits come usually spheric, of 2 to Five cm across, & come wine red while mature.

Cultivation
These plant come easily to develop & develop convenient. It too flower successfully. Existence extra tolerant of wet than supplementary lush cacti, it may be utilized when rootstock for graft of 'Zygocactus' or even 'Novembercactus' to produce miniature trees.

Active constituents
These coinage contain tyramine, phenethylamine.