Cultivated
A succulent , thorny shrub or tree ; up to 3–4 m tall , with several branches and profusely expanded crown . Stems oval to elongate , shiny green ; joints usually narrowly obovate , flattened . Inflorescences solitary . Leaves minute , deciduous ; spines straight , in groups of 1-2 or 3 , brown . Flowers dark yellow with a reddish median stripe . Fruit fleshy , conical to obovoid , pear-shaped , 5–7 . 5 cm long , reddish-purple , bristly , spineless . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cactus indicus Roxb.
Cactus monacanthos Willd.
Cactus urumbeba Vell.
Opuntia deflexa Lem.
Opuntia inermis Moris & De Not.
Opuntia monacantha var. deflexa Salm-Dyck
Opuntia monacantha var. gracilior Lem.
Opuntia monacantha var. variegata Anon.
Opuntia roxburghiana Voigt
Opuntia vulgaris var. lemaireana (Console ex Bois) Backeb.
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Drooping Prickly Pear
Barbary Fig
Cochineal Prickly Pear
Common Prickly Pear
Drooping Pear
Drooping Tree Pear
Smooth Tree Pear
Smooth-Leaf Tree Pear
Spiny Prickly Pear
Spreading Prickly Pear
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 *http://www.flowersofindia.net *https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). 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.
