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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Mammillaria gigantea
Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 578. 1898 as Mamillaria
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria gigantea
Author
Hildm. ex K.Schum.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4-6, robust, straight or more or less curved,dark yellow, becoming brownishwith age, to 20 mm long, lowermost one longest.
Seeds
Brown.
Description
Solitary or clumping
Tubercles
Pyramidal, four-angled, with latex, axils woolly.
Flowers
Yellowish green, to 15 mm in diameter.
Stem
Depressed globose with apex strongly sunken and woolly, up to 10 cm tall, 17 cm in diameter,.
Radial Spines
7-12, needle-like, white, to 3 mm long.
Fruits
Pink to greenish.