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Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
About
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum is a columnar cactus plant native to Mexico. They can grow up to 15 m (49 ft) high. The trunk of this species is 1.2 to 5.0 m tall and the fruits are large and burr-like. The specific name, pecten-aboriginum, is from the Latin, and means "native combs". It was inspired by the use of the fruits as hair combs.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
- Slug
- pachycereus-pecten-aboriginum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pachycereus
- Species
- pecten-aboriginum
- Wikidata QID
- Q150206
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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