Cactus Mutant

The Cactus Mutant appeared in 1987 TV series called Kamen Rider Black. The Cactus Mutant (サボテン怪人 Saboten Kaijin) is a cactus-themed Gorgom monster.

With more Gorgom Mutants awakening every day, their food supply of Gorugomes fruit was short, High Priest Darom cooked up a plan to grow them by having the Bat Mutant drop a weather-changing capsule into the ground to make them grow in the rain (which held embedded spores that caused anyone affected by them to become hosts to the Gorugomes by sapping their host's nutrients dry) and had help from Cactus Mutant. Kohtaro headed to Mount Takayama and went into conflict with the Cactus Mutant which was wounded by Battle Hopper and escaped. Kamen Rider Black followed the trail of its blood to where Gorgom had its infected captives (who were captured by the Bat Mutant) and battled Darom and the Cactus Mutant. Kamen Rider Black could not attack it with it covered in thorns. Since too much water would make a cactus rot, Kamen Rider Black threw the Cactus Mutant into the river which weakened it enough for it to be killed by the Rider Kick.

The Cactus Mutant appeared as one of the Phantom Mutants that are summoned by the Fly Mutant through Yuki. It disappeared when Mokoto used his psychic powers to expel the Fly Mutant from Yuki.

Powers and Abilities
It can launch needles that can melt anything from an opening in its chest, emit vines from its shoulders, and attack with its claws.