Naturalised
Succulent shrub or tree , up to 4 m tall , often with a cylindrical trunk and joints , elliptic to narrowly obovate , flattened , greyish-green spines . Stems (cladodes) thick , erect or sprawling , succulent , oblong to spatulate . Leaves 3-4 mm long , subulate , minute , early deciduous . Inflorescences solitary . Flowers conspicuous , bowl-shaped ; perianth spreading , yellow , orange or red , longer than the style and stamens ; ovary cylindrical , 3 . 5–5 cm . long . Fruits berries , ellipsoidal or obovoid , succulent , pale green to deep red when ripe , bright red/purple or white/yellowish pulp . Seeds many , tiny , hard . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Data Deficient (DD)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cactus chinensis Roxb.
Cactus ficus-indica L.
Opuntia castillae Griffiths
Platyopuntia apurimacensis F.Ritter
No data
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Babary Fig
Indian Fig Opuntia
Fig Opuntia
Prickly Pear
Cactus Pear, Spineless Cactus
Sweet Prickly Pear
Mission Prickly Pear
Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear
Tuberous Prickly Pear
Tuna Cactus
Nopal Cactus
Not used traditionally.
*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org *https://www.aydacosmetics.com *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2008). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4.
