Cactaceae
Elephant cactus
Pachycereus pringlei
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pachycereus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Basque
- Kardoi erraldoi
- Bulgarian
- Кардон
- Chinese
- 武伦柱, 武倫柱果
- English
- Elephant cactus, Mexican giant cardon
- German
- Sagueso, Sahuaso
- Hindi
- पैकिसेरियस प्रिंगलेइ
- Japanese
- ブリンチュウ
- lah
- ہاتھی تھور
- Persian
- کاکتوس خرطومی
- Spanish
- Cardon, Sagueso, Sahuaso
- Swedish
- Krusbärspelarkaktus
- Tamil
- பாக்கிசீரியசு பிரிங்கிலீ
Synonyms
- Cereus calvus Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
- Cereus pringlei S.Watson
- Cereus pringlei var. calvus M.E.Jones
- Cereus titan Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
- Pachycereus calvus (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
- Pachycereus pringlei f. calvus (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus pringlei f. constrictus P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus pringlei f. cristatus P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus titan (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
- Pilocereus pringlei (S.Watson) F.A.C.Weber
Photos
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Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Bonnett, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LesserGoldfinch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.