Review Article

A Review of Botanical Characteristics, Traditional Usage, Chemical Components, Pharmacological Activities, and Safety of Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC

Table 2

Scientific and common names of P. bleo.

NamesReferences

Scientific names
Cactus bleo Kunth[2, 12, 1719]
Pereskia bleo (Kunth) DC[1, 2, 12, 17, 1921]
Pereskia corrugata Cutak[17, 21]
Pereskia panamensis F.A.C. Weber[2, 17]
Rhodocactus bleo (Kunth) F.M. Kunth[17, 19, 21]
Rhodocactus corrugatus (Cutak) Backeberg[17]
Common names
 Butarrar (Kuna Indian)[22]
 Cak Sing Cam, Qi xing zhen (Chinese)[1, 8, 23]
 Chupa, Chupa melon, Najií, Najii De Culebra, Najú de esoubas, and Bleo de chupa (Spanish)[2, 21, 24]
 Perescia[7]
 Pokok Jarum Tujuh Bilah (Malay)[2, 25]
 Rose cactus, Bleo, Chinese rose, Spinach cactus, wax rose, and orange rose cactus (English)[1, 6, 7, 21, 24, 26]