Abstract
Browningia icaensis F. Ritter, Cereus candelaris Meyen, Cactus candelaris (Meyen) Meyen
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Browningia candelaris (Meyen) Britton & Rose: Browningia icaensis F. Ritter, Cereus candelaris Meyen, Cactus candelaris (Meyen) Meyen
Local Names
Chile: Candelabro, Cardón, Chastudo, Sabaya, Maksa, Tunilla
Botany and Ecology
Succulent cactus, arborescent, between 3 and 5 m high; trunk very spiny, erect, which branches to a certain height, with up to 50 branches that grow in all directions. Ribs, about 30, narrow and flattened; Oval and large areolas. Thorns of the main stem up to 15 cm long, brown new and gray or black after. Large flowers, between 8 and 12 cm long; ovary and floral tube covered with broad and fleshy scales; narrow, external petals of pink coffee color, white or slightly pink internal. Fruit: fleshy, yellowish berry, approximately 7 cm in diameter, slightly ovate with dark scales, with a whitish pulp with numerous black seeds, 2000–3000 m above sea level (González and Molina 2017).
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Villagrán C, Castro V. Ciencia indígena de los Andes del norte de Chile. Santiago: Editorial Universitaria; 2003.
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Echeverría, J., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W. (2020). Browningia candelaris (Meyen) Britton & Rose Cactaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28933-1_43
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