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Cereus jamacaru

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cereus jamacaru, known as mandacaru or cardeiro, is a cactus common in the Brazilian northeast which often grows up to 5 metres (20 ft) high. A thorn-less kind used for animal feed. The most common kind is highly thorny and is also used for animal feed, after burning or cutting off the thorns. Mandacaru is highly drought-resistant.
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Infraspecies

Cereus jamacaru calcirupicola
Cereus jamacaru jamacaru

Predators

Aratinga cactorum (Caatinga Parakeet)[1]
Cyanocorax cyanopogon (White-naped Jay)[1]
Diaspis echinocacti (cactus scale)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0