Family: Cactaceae Genus: OpuntiaSpecies description: Erect, 3-5 m, with patent branches; joints 2--50 x 10-20 cm,oblong to spathulate-oblong. Leaves 3 mm, subulate; areoles small, whitish; spines usually 0, rarely 1-2, small, pale yellow or white; glochids yellow, numerous, caducous. Flowers 7-10 cm in diameter, bright yellow. Fruit 5-9 cm, red or parti-coloured, edible.
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Distribution: Cultivated or its edable fruit and as a hedge and widely naturalized in Mediterranean region Found: S.Spain Date: 5-5-94 Flora Europea:2-300 Literatuur:Notes: Better close-up
Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands email: aart@knoware.nl