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Collector Madsen, J. E.
Number 61135
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart AZUAY
County  
Locality Road Santa Isabel - Pasaje, about km 0-3 below San Francisco. Xerophytic scrub and occasional humid mountain forest at streams.
Coordinates 3° 19' S 79° 30' W
Minimum elevation (m) 650
Maximum elevation (m) 800
Start date 1985/11/22
End date 1985/11/22
Family Cactaceae
Identification Espostoa frutescens J.E. Madsen
Determined by J.E. Madsen, 1990
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Bush, branching basitonically, 0.5-1.5 m high. (Cephalium-wool is collected by cutting of stems, and the plants branches atypically.) Fruit pale basically, green to redish apically. Perianth persistent. Flesh of fruit white, savoury.

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