The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 52. 1909. Lemaireocereus mixtecensis Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 425. 1909. Tree-like, up to 5 meters high, with a short trunk 8 to 10 dm. in diameter and a large verymuch branched top; branches 9 to 12-ribbed, undulate, acutish, 2 cm. high; areoles 1 to cm. go THE CACTACEAE. apart; radial spines 6 or 7, 5 to 10 cm. long, grayish; central spine 1; flowers small, yellowish green;fruit spiny, globose, 2 to cm. in diameter, red both within and without; seeds
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 52. 1909. Lemaireocereus mixtecensis Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 425. 1909. Tree-like, up to 5 meters high, with a short trunk 8 to 10 dm. in diameter and a large verymuch branched top; branches 9 to 12-ribbed, undulate, acutish, 2 cm. high; areoles 1 to cm. go THE CACTACEAE. apart; radial spines 6 or 7, 5 to 10 cm. long, grayish; central spine 1; flowers small, yellowish green;fruit spiny, globose, 2 to cm. in diameter, red both within and without; seeds small, black, with abasal hilum. Type locality: Cerro Colorado, near Tehuacan, Mexico. Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico. The plant is known as chichipe, or, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, chichibe. Thefruit, which is sold in the Mexican markets, like many other Mexican cactus fruits, has adifferent name from the plant; it is called chichi tuna. Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52: f. 7, as Cereus chichipe; Monatsschr. Kak-teenk. 19: 53, as Cereus
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