Mazhar Botanic Garden

Echinocereus coccineus Engelm.

Mexican Claret cup

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001091
Common name: Mexican Claret cup
English name: Scarlet hedgehog
Arabic name: اكينوسيريس كوكسينيا
Native: Central America
Country: Central america
(PGR): Rare

Usually clumping, forms large colonies stems -erect, dark green, from 8-40 cm tall, 5 cm in diameter ribs 8-11 central spines 0-4, to 75 cm long, radial spines 5-20 flowers orange scarlet, and pink to deep crimson

Ornamental species in rock garden or container gardens. food and medicinal.

Cereus coccineus (Engelm) Engelm

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Texture: Rocky  Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Mediterranean Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds, Cuttings
Flowering time: Spring - summer
Zone: 8 : 11
pH range: 6.1-7.3
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Perennial
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Desert
Plant Uses: Edible Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cactus
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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