[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

[4] Matucana intertexta usually grows solitary with globular to broadly cylindrical, green shoots and reaches heights of growth of up to 30 cm (12 in) with a diameter of 7 to 18 cm (2.8 to 7.1 in).

There are 14 - 25 blunt, flattened tubercles ribs present.

The spherical, green fruits reach a diameter of 1 to 1.8 cm (0.39 to 0.71 in).

[5] The following subspecies are currently accepted:[3] Matucana intertexta is distributed in the Peruvian region of Cajamarca at altitudes of 1500 to 2300 meters.