title: Invasive succulent plants in South Africa
text: # Invasive succulent plants in South Africa
  
  The following is a list of succulent invasive plants of South Africa as per the South African Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.
  
  ## List
  
  | Botanical name | Common names | Locations |
  | - | - | - |
  | Agave americana | Spreading Century Plant | |
  | Agave sisalana | Sisal hemp, Sisal | |
  | Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica | Cane cactus | |
  | Austrocylindropuntia subulata | Long spine cactus | |
  | Bryophyllum delagoense | Chandelier plant | |
  | Bryophyllum pinnatum | Cathedral bells | |
  | Bryophyllum proliferum | Green mother of millions | |
  | Cereus hexagonus | Queen of the night | |
  | Cereus hildmannianus | Queen of the night | |
  | Cereus jamacaru | Queen of the night | |
  | Cylindropuntia fulgida | Chain-fruit cholla | |
  | Cylindropuntia imbricata | Imbricate cactus, Imbricate prickly pear | |
  | Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Pencil cactus | |
  | Cylindropuntia pallida | Pink flowered sheathed cholla | |
  | Cylindropuntia spinosior | Cane cholla, Spiny cholla | |
  | Echinopsis schickendantzii | Torch cactus | |
  | Harrisia balansae | Strangler prickly apple | Little Karoo (biocontrolled by Hypogeococcus) |
  | Harrisia martinii | Moon cactus, Harrisia cactus | Prince Albert, Western Cape |
  | Harrisia pomanensis | Midnight lady, Devil’s rope cactus | |
  | Harrisia tortuosa | Spiny snake cactus | |
  | Selenicereus undatus/Hylocereus undatus | Night-blooming cereus, Dragon fruit, Pitahaya | |
  | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Bilberry cactus | |
  | Opuntia aurantiaca | Jointed cactus | |
  | Opuntia cespitosa | Indian fig | Prince Albert, Western Cape |
  | Opuntia elata | Orange tuna | |
  | Opuntia engelmannii | Small round-leaved prickly pear | |
  | Opuntia ficus-indica | Mission prickly pear, Sweet prickly pear | |
  | Opuntia humifusa | Large flowered prickly pear, Creeping prickly pear | |
  | Opuntia leucotricha | Aaron's-beard prickly-pear | |
  | Opuntia microdasys | Yellow bunny-ears, Teddy- bear cactus | |
  | Opuntia monacantha | Cochineal prickly pear, Drooping prickly pear | |
  | Opuntia pubescens | Velvet bur cactus | |
  | Opuntia robusta | Blue-leaf cactus | |
  | Opuntia salmiana | Bur cactus | |
  | Opuntia spinulifera | Saucepan cactus, Large roundleaved prickly pear | |
  | Opuntia stricta | Pest pear of Australia | |
  | Opuntia tomentosa | Velvet opuntia, Velvet tree pear | |
  | Peniocereus serpentinus | Serpent cactus, Snake cactus | |
  | Pereskia aculeata | Pereskia/Barbados gooseberry | |
  