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Cereus jamacaru

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64401076af853710621227
Scientific name Cereus jamacaru
Authority DC.
First published in Prodr. 3: 467. 1828.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Piptanthocereus jamacaru (DC.) Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 229. 1909.
Acanthocereus horribarbis (Salm-Dyck) Borg Cacti: 133. 1937.
Cactus jamacaru (DC.) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. 4: 1893. 1835.
Cereus glaucus Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 35. 1834.
Cereus goiasensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun in Bradleya 6: 86. 1988.
Cereus horribarbis Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 205. 1850.
Cereus jamacaru subsp. goiasensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74: 84. 1995.
Cereus lividus Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 380. 1835.
Cereus jamacaru var. caesius Salm-Dyck in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 90. 1908.
Cereus jamacaru var. glaucus Ladenberg in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 70. 1893.
Piptanthocereus goiasensis F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 1: 234. 1979.
Cereus cauchinii Rebut Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 113. 1897.
Piptanthocereus jamacaru var. caesia (Salm-Dyck) Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 230. 1909.
Piptanthocereus jamacaru var. cyanea Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 230. 1909.
Piptanthocereus jamacaru var. glauca (Ladenberg) Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 231. 1909.

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish piptanthocereus calcirupicola
Spanish mandacaru
Spanish piptanthocereus cabralensis
Spanish piptanthocereus cipoensis
Afrikaans nagblom
German mandacarú
Persian مانداکارو
French mandacaru
gn mandakaru
Japanese マンダカル
Lithuanian juosvadyglis stulpenis
Portuguese cardeiro
Portuguese mandacaru
Chinese 牙买加仙人柱
Chinese 曼達卡魯
Chinese 牙买加天轮柱
Chinese 罗锐柱

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Cereus jamacaru subsp. jamacaru

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000597243
Tropicos 5103572
INPN 610710
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53061-2
The Plant List kew-2711985
Open Tree Of Life 5761309
NCBI Taxonomy 1574107
IUCN Red List 152911
IPNI 53061-2
iNaturalist 418237
GBIF 7282182
Freebase /m/0swmw0k
EPPO CEEJA
EOL 5182313
USDA GRIN 9961
Wikipedia Cereus_jamacaru

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_051401755.1 ASM5140175v1 Chromosome Federal University of Sao Carlos 2025-07-18 40 1.37 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The influence of exotic and native plants on illnesses with physical and spiritual causes in the semiarid region of Piauí, Northeast of Brazil da Silva PH, Ferreira Júnior WS, Zank S, do Nascimento AL, de Abreu MC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10895823
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00667-y
PMID:38409039
Unveiling the dynamic relationship of viruses and/or symbiotic bacteria with plant resilience in abiotic stress Sharma V, Mohammed SA, Devi N, Vats G, Tuli HS, Saini AK, Dhir YW, Dhir S, Singh B Stress Biol 05-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10838894
doi:10.1007/s44154-023-00126-w
PMID:38311681
An In Situ Evaluation of Different CAM Plants as Plant Microbial Fuel Cells for Energy Recovery in the Atacama Desert Madrid FM, Trigo M, Salazar-Avalos S, Carvajal-Funes S, Olivares D, Portillo C, Fuentealba E, Toro N, Carrasco G, Cáceres L, Jamett I, Soliz A Plants (Basel) 29-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10707800
doi:10.3390/plants12234016
PMID:38068652
Irrigation level and substrate type on the acclimatization and development of mandacaru (Cereus jamacaru DC.): an emblematic cactus from Brazilian semiarid region Cassimiro CA, Henschel JM, Gomes VG, Alves RD, da Silva PK, Pereira EM, Cavalcanti MT, Batista DS, da Costa Batista FR Sci Rep 23-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10667334
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47929-5
PMID:37996545
Patterns of use of wild food plants by Brazilian local communities: systematic review and meta-analysis Gomes LC, Medeiros PM, Prata AP J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10601232
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00619-y
PMID:37880767
Unravelling phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cereeae using target enrichment sequencing Romeiro-Brito M, Taylor NP, Zappi DC, Telhe MC, Franco FF, Moraes EM Ann Bot 10-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10808018
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad153
PMID:37815357
Developing a Biodegradable Film for Packaging with Lignocellulosic Materials from the Amazonian Biodiversity Silva DW, Batista FG, Scatolino MV, Mascarenhas AR, De Medeiros DT, Tonoli GH, Lazo DA, Caselli FD, de Souza TM, Alves Junior FT Polymers (Basel) 04-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10490257
doi:10.3390/polym15173646
PMID:37688272
New Functional Foods with Cactus Components: Sustainable Perspectives and Future Trends Monteiro SS, Almeida RL, Santos NC, Pereira EM, Silva AP, Oliveira HM, Pasquali MA Foods 27-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10340198
doi:10.3390/foods12132494
PMID:37444232
Underexplored and growing economic costs of invasive alien trees Fernandez RD, Haubrock PJ, Cuthbert RN, Heringer G, Kourantidou M, Hudgins EJ, Angulo E, Diagne CA, Courchamp F, Nuñez MA Sci Rep 02-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10238485
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-35802-4
PMID:37268662
Green Management of Postharvest Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Peralta-Ruiz Y, Rossi C, Grande-Tovar CD, Chaves-López C J Fungi (Basel) 28-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10302910
doi:10.3390/jof9060623
PMID:37367558
Plastome variations reveal the distinct evolutionary scenarios of plastomes in the subfamily Cereoideae (Cactaceae) Yu J, Li J, Zuo Y, Qin Q, Zeng S, Rennenberg H, Deng H BMC Plant Biol 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9993602
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04148-4
PMID:36882685
Physical, Nutritional, and Bioactive Properties of Mandacaru Cladode Flour (Cereus jamacaru DC.): An Unconventional Food Plant from the Semi-Arid Brazilian Northeast Martins AC, Medeiros GK, da Silva JY, Viera VB, Barros PD, Lima MD, da Silva MS, Tavares JF, do Nascimento YM, da Silva EF, Soares JK, de Souza EL, de Oliveira ME Foods 26-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9739843
doi:10.3390/foods11233814
PMID:36496622
Phytochemical Screening and Bioactivities of Cactaceae Family Members Endemic to Mexico Rodríguez-Mendoza CA, González Campos RE, Lorenzo-Leal AC, Bautista Rodríguez E, Paredes Juárez GA, El Kassis EG, Hernández LR, Juárez ZN, Bach H Plants (Basel) 26-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9653579
doi:10.3390/plants11212856
PMID:36365308
How Do Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Metrics Change Along an Aridity Gradient in a Tropical Dry Forest? de Oliveira AC, Nunes A, Oliveira MA, Rodrigues RG, Branquinho C Front Plant Sci 07-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9302379
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.923219
PMID:35873975
Micropropagation of Opuntia and Other Cacti Species Through Axillary Shoot Proliferation: A Comprehensive Review Bouzroud S, El Maaiden E, Sobeh M, Devkota KP, Boukcim H, Kouisni L, El Kharrassi Y Front Plant Sci 07-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9301454
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.926653
PMID:35873968

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