Mistletoe Cactus

baccifera: bearing berries

Much branched succulent epiphyte or occasional lithophyte. Leaves 0 but minute triangular scales are present with or without short stiff bristles. Flowers lateral, small, solitary, white or yellowish. Perianth segments 9-12; outer segments triangular; inner segments oblong. Style thick with 3-5 stigmas. Fruit a spherical berry, 5-8 mm in diameter, pellucid, whitish.

Frequent in appropriate habitats in the E Division

Throughout tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Florida, West Indies and parts of C & S America