| Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pilosocereus |
| Species: | P. pentaedrophorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Byles & G.D.Rowley | |
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Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus is a species of tree cactus found in Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil. [1]
It is a branched plant growing to 3 or more meters tall, often found on rocky outcrops. The stem consists of 5-7 ribs 3 centimeters wide. Stems are often covered in a blue glaucous farina. Areoles are round or oval, 3-4 millimeters wide, 3-4 millimeters wide. This species is one of the only ones in the genus Pilosocereus without a cephalium. Flowers grow directly out of the areoles. Fruits are globose with red flesh and dark black seeds. [2]
Originally described 1957 and was at one time classified as Cephalocereus and Cereus .
Like other Pilosocereus , Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus is likely pollinated by bats or insects as the flowers have a strong, rotten smell. Fruits are dispersed by frugivores such as bats.
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