| Collector | Madsen, J. E. |
| Number | 7359 |
| Collected with | Roberth Alvarado, Omar Cabrera, Carlos Rosales & Orlando A. Sanchez |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | LOJA |
| County | |
| Locality | Road Empalme - Macara, km 12. At Tangula. Slopes with desert vegetation. |
| Coordinates | 4° 12' 51'' S 79° 32' 36'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 800 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 800 |
| Start date | 2000/09/20 |
| End date | 2000/09/20 |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Identification | Pilosocereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose)Byles & G. Rowley |
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| Field notes | "Shrubby plants (cut probably due to collection of wool from the cephalium), 1-6 m tall. Stems bluish grey. Ribs on flowering stems 6-8 of which the cephalium makes up 2-3. Lateral cephalia 5-80 cm long. Floral tube purplish brown. Inner petaloids white. Fruits 4 cm wide, subglobose, purplish brown. Flesh of fruit purple. Liquid material available at AAU." |
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