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Cereus jamacaru DC.

Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Cereus

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Cereus jamacaru: Queen-of-the-night ( Cereus jamacaru ) in South Africa
Photo: Prince Molokomme, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)
Afrikaans
Nagblom
arz
سيريوس جاماكارو
Chinese
曼達卡魯, 牙买加仙人柱, 牙买加天轮柱, 罗锐柱
French
Mandacaru
German
Mandacarú
Guarani
Mandakaru
Japanese
マンダカル
Lithuanian
Juosvadyglis stulpenis
Persian
مانداکارو
Portuguese
Mandacaru, Cardeiro
Spanish
Mandacaru

Synonyms

  • Acanthocereus horribarbis (Salm-Dyck) Borg
  • Cactus jamacaru (DC.) Kostel.
  • Cereus cauchinii Rebut
  • Cereus glaucus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus goiasensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
  • Cereus horribarbis Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus jamacaru subsp. goiasensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
  • Cereus jamacaru subsp. jamacaru
  • Cereus jamacaru var. caesius Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus jamacaru var. glaucus Ladenberg
  • Cereus lividus Pfeiff.
  • Piptanthocereus goiasensis F.Ritter
  • Piptanthocereus jamacaru (DC.) Riccob.
  • Piptanthocereus jamacaru var. caesia (Salm-Dyck) Riccob.
  • Piptanthocereus jamacaru var. cyanea Riccob.
  • Piptanthocereus jamacaru var. glauca (Ladenberg) Riccob.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.