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Cereus repandus Mill.(L.) 


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Taxonomy
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiosperms
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaeae
Genus: Cereus
Spesies: Cereus repandus Mill.(L.)
(Gard & Dict, 1768)

 
Spine


Stem       
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Morphology
According to Rukmana & Oesman (1998) cereus repandus Mill.(L.) is a cactus consisting of roots, stems, spines, flowers, fruits and seeds. This type of cactus root is generally resistant to dry conditions, has a tap root system and has smooth hair roots. Cactus stems are able to store large amounts of water in the form of mucus to be difficult to evaporate and store sufficient water reserves. This plant has a central spine and a spine encircling around the central spine. The length of the spine can reach 6 up to 8 mm. Meanwhile, the length of the central spine is about 1 up to 2 mm longer than the spine that surrounds the center.

Distribution & Habitat
It is originally from South America which spread to other areas such as the Western Caribbean, Venezuela, Brazil, the West Indies, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, to South Africa (Fleming & Banquet, 2002). Like other cactus in general, it also grows in tropical climate area such as Indonesia.

Potential
This plant with the local name mandacaru /cordeiro contains antioxidant used as traditional medicine by the local American. This plant also contains high flavonoids that used as anticancer. The flavonoid compound supports the body's reaction to allergens and viruses (Wybraniec & Mizrahi, 2002). In addition, this plant contains ethyl acetate and used to prevent the fungus Aspergillus niger (Khanam, 2015).

Usability
This plant is widely used as a traditional medicine by local people especially by Brazilian, such as to treat urinary tract infections, inflammation in the kidneys, and rheumatism and to provide antioxidant (de Lucena et al., 2013).

References
Rukmana & Oesman, Y.Y (1998). Kaktus. Kanisius. Yogyakarta.

Fleming T. & Banuet A.V. (2002). Columnar Cacti and their Mutualist: Evaluation, Ecology, and Conservation. University of Arizona Press. 371p.

Wybraniec & Mizrahi (2002). Fruit flesh betacyanin pigments in Hylocereus cacti. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 50(21), 6086-6089

De Lucena, C.M., R.F.P. de Lucena, G.M. Costa, T.K.N. Carvalho, G.G. da Silva Costa, R.R. da Nobrega Alves, D.D. Pereira, J.E. da Silva Ribeiro, C.A.B. Alves, Z.G.M. Quirino, E.N. Nunes. 2013. Use and knowledge of Cactaceae in Northeastern Brazil. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 9:62. Doi:10.1186/1746-4269- 9-62.