Scientific Name : Opuntia elatior Mill.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : Shrubs with jointed stem, Succulent, leafless, spiny, flat, obovate, glaucous-green. Flowers : Yellow or pale-pink, at length red or reddish-purple, axillary, solitary on free margins of joints. Fruits : Ripe berries fleshy, edible. Flowering and Fruiting Time : December - May Significance : Frequently raised as a hedge along cultivated fields, in scrub forests as an escape. It is used traditionally in different disease conditions like abscesses & wounds, burning sensation in the stomach, diabetes, diphtheria, asthma and anemia.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
फड्या निवडुंग, Prickly-pear, Opuntia
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Synonym(s):
Cactus elatior (Mill.) Willd. Cactus tuna var. elatior (Mill.) Sims Cactus humilis Haw.
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Family:
Cactaceae
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26-08-2022
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