Autor: Philippi • ETYMOLOGY “Woolly fig”, referring to the typical woolly fruit of most species of the genus. • DESCRIPTION A genus of usually large, solitary, globose plants, the apex more or less covered with wool, with fibrous roots, slightly turbiniform in E. rodentiophila. Ribs quite numerous (18-42 or more), usually tuberculate. Spines strongly aciculate, sturdy, ..

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