Saguaro
பெரிய சப்பாத்தி கள்ளி மரம்
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 9.5 m
- wide
- —
Cactaceae
Also called Giant cactus, Saguaro cactus, Saguaro Cactus
Formerly Cereus giganteus, Pilocereus giganteus
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. California to S. Arizona and Mexico (Baja California Norte, Sonora, Chihuahua)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 3.0 m to 16 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Chinese
- 弁庆, 巨人柱
- Spanish
- Saguaro
- Finnish
- Jättikaktus, saguarokaktus
- Dutch
- reuzentoortscactus
- Tamil
- பெரிய சப்பாத்தி கள்ளி மரம்
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 3D model: Carnegiea gigantea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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