Plants of the Eastern Caribbean

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The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Barbados

Common Names: charderon, chardon, cierge, columnar cactus, Dildo, doodle doo, dul dul, organ cactus, pipe organ cactus, syej, tetanus

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Pilosocereus royeni (L.) Byles & G. Rowley

Family: Cactaceae

Synonyms:

Cephalocereus barbadensis Britton & Rose

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Growth Habit(s): shrub, tree or tree-like

Leaf Arrangement: Absent

Leaf Type:

Flower Colours: white

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

General Distribution: Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Found in the Lesser Antilles in Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Bequia, Canouan, Carriacou, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, La Desirade, Les Saintes, Martinique, Mayreau, Montserrat, Mustique, Nevis, Petit Nevis, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, The Grenadines, Union

Status: Almost Endemic

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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