What species of cactus grow in Africa?

Rhipsalis Baccifera, which is also native to the Americas, grows throughout central Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka. How it jumped the Atlantic is still a subject of speculation, however a pretty good write up about it from 2014 covers the topic... read more

You may see plants that look a lot like cacti in Africa (or from Africa)—fleshy or succulent trunk, spines, and they live in deserts. These are probably Euphorbia, not cacti. read more

A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or 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 κάκτος, kaktos, a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain. read more

Cactus - The African Peyote cactus has thick stems, which helps the plant hold back water for a long time. -The cacti's leaves turn to spines which helps the plant from losing water from evaporation. - Wihout these two caracteristics, the cacti would not survive in the desert. read more