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A friend has cuttings of a plant growing in a pot. When I asked where it came from I was sent to an abandoned nursery on Samford Road at Keperra.
The plant there is a climbing / scrambling shrub, much like a bougainvillea and, with clusters of short spines or thorns in the leaf axils. The 'flowers' are dull creamy looking, ageing to papery in texture and not showy like a bougainvillea. The leaves are soft and leathery and every one of them is an insipid yellow colour except for the new growth which is flushed with pink (see photo of cutting, ignore the oleander mixed in with it). It just looks like a weed.
Can you identify this and tell me what it is?
Thanks!
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| Hi Amethyst, Thanks for your query. Unfortunately from your photo, we were not able to confirm the identity of the plant in question. It may be Pereskia aculeata (leaf cactus, barbados gooseberry) however without photos of flowers and the climbing shrub in its habit we cannot confirm this. We would recommend you collecting another sample if possible with the flower or bud in a plastic bag and taking this along to the Queensland Herbarium at Mt Coot-tha for identification. If the Herbarium does identify it as Pereskia aculeata we would appreciate you also advising us as this is a new an emerging weed we are very keen to know more about. Good luck.
Lee-Anne
Invasive Species Officer
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