Grown in home gardens The plant is an expectorant and sedative. It is useful in clearing the lung for suppressing cough, for cooling blood and relieving haemorrhage. of to × 1
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The plant is an expectorant and sedative. It is useful in clearing the lung for suppressing cough, for cooling blood and relieving haemorrhage. of to × 1
family
Cactaceae
synonym
Cereus oxypetalus DC.
description
Unarmed succulent subshrubs; × primary stems terete, laterals flat, to 30 10 cm, elliptic-acuminate, green, margins undulate-crenate. Flowers campanulate, to × × 30 15 cm, nocturnal, nodding; tube to 20 1 cm, longer than limb; scales numerous, near apex. Perianth bright rose; outer tepals narrow, reddish, inner ones to 2.5 cm wide, white. Stamens numerous, elongate, in 2 series.
native range
Central and Northern America Haw.
distribution
Widely grown as an ornamental plant
english names
Dutchman’s pipe · Queen of the night · Orchid cactus