''Neoraimondia arequipensis'',

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''Neoraimondia macrostibas'', is a tree-like

cactus A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek ...

(family Cactaceae) native to western Peru. It was first described in 1835 as ''Cereus arequipensis''. The species has the largest areoles of any cactus; up to long by less than half as wide. From these emerge spines up to long. It is also the source of one ingredient in the

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beverage

cimora Cimora is a Peruvian term used to describe a brew with hallucinogenic properties made from the “San Pedro” cacti ( ''Trichocereus pachanoi'') and other plants such as chamico (''Datura stramonium'') in South America, used traditionally for sha ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q1977639, from2=Q41793362, from3=Q15041070 Flora of Peru Plants described in 1835 Cactoideae