Cereus pterogonus Le Marie

 
  • Family : CACTACEAE
    (CACTUS FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Cactaceae
  • Species : Cereus pterogonus
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
  • Common name : Columnar Cactus
  • Vernacular name : Sippaai kathaalai (Tam.); Chadhurakalli (Tel.)
  • Key identification features : Columnar, succulent shrub.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : March-July
  • Comments : In plains to 400 m. Introduced, now runs wild in wastelands where it forms impenetrable thickets.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : West Godavari district, Guntur district, East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district, Balasore district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cereus pterogonus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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