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    Know about Erect Prickly Pear

    By s mDecember 4, 2019Updated:December 4, 2019No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Erect Prickly Pear is a spreading to erect and succulent shrub which reaches to the height of 1-2 meters with shallow fibrous roots. Stems are glabrous, dull green or bluish green which consists of flattened, jointed fleshy and obovate segments usually 30 cm long by 15 cm wide by 1–2 cm thick. Aeroles are three to five per diagonal row across mid-stem segment. Aeroles have tufts of short fine and barbed bristles and one to two straight or curve and yellow aging brown and stout spines which is 2-4 cm long. Leaves are small and conical and are shed as the segment matures. Flowers are cyclic, hermaphrodite and actinomorphic which is 6-8 cm across and sessile with fleshy base borne on segment margins having inner tepals lemon yellow. Fruits have red to purplish red skin having depressed cavity in one end and is pear shaped and ellipsoid or barrel shaped about 4–6 cm long and 2.5–4 cm diameter. Flesh is juicy and reddish. Seeds are rounded, pale brown, 4-5 mm in diameter having slightly irregular surface and embedded in pulp.

    Stems

    Stems are hairless, dull green or bluish-green and consists of series of fleshy segments each 30 cm long, 15 cm wide and 1-2 cm thick. Each areole has short tufts, finely barbed bristles and one to two stout yellow spines which measures 2-4 cm long.

    Leaves

    Leaves are erect and scale like formed beneath the aeroles on young segments and are shed as segments matures.

    Flowers

    Flower petals are lemon yellow having greenish or pinkish markings on the back. Flowers are 6-8 cm diameter and are stalkless.

    Fruit      

    Fruits have reddish-purple skin and reddish flesh. Fruit is 4-6 cm long and has tufts of fine barbed bristles in areoles.

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    Traditional uses

    • It is used as antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory in folk medicine.
    • Stem segments are used to treat whooping coughs and diabetes.
    • The plant is used in India for burning, biliousness, urinary complaints, leucoderma, loss of consciousness, tumors, inflammations, piles, ulcers, anemia and enlargement of spleen.
    • Heated plant juice is used for tumors and leucoderma.
    • It is used for gonorrhea.
    • Apply the mashed leaves as poultice to alleviate heat and inflammation.
    • Apply the leaf pulp to eyes in case of ophthalmia.
    • Flowers are used for asthma and bronchitis.
    • Roots are used to induce vomiting in case of poisonous snake bites.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=19736#null

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_stricta

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    Erect Prickly Pear Quick Facts
    Name: Erect Prickly Pear
    Scientific Name: Opuntia stricta
    Origin Native to the Caribbean region, tropical and subtropical coast of eastern North America, and adjacent South America
    Colors Red to purplish red
    Shapes Ellipsoid or barrel-shaped, 4–6 cm long, 2.5–4 cm diameter
    Flesh colors Reddish
    Name Erect Prickly Pear
    Scientific Name Opuntia stricta
    Native Native to the Caribbean region, tropical and subtropical coast of eastern North America, and adjacent South America
    Common/English Name Araluen Pear, Coastal Prickly Pear, Australian Pest Pear, Coastal Prickly-Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Common Pest Pear, Dildo, Eltham Indian Fig, Erect Prickly Pear, Eltham Indian-Fig, Erect
    Prickly-Pear, Erect Pricklypear Cactus, Erect Pricklypear, Gayndah Pear, Pakan, Pest Prickly-Pear, Pest Pear Of Australia, Pest Pricklypear, Southern Spineless Cactus,Sour Prickly Pear, Spineless Prickly Pear, Sweet Prickly Pear, Spiny Pest Pear, Sweet Prickly-Pear
    Name in Other Languages Afrikaan: Suurturksvy;
    Chinese: Xiang-Ren-Zhang, Hsian-Jen-Chang, Xian-Tao, Hsian-T’ao;
    German: Feigenkaktus;
    India: Nagphana (Bengal), Nagajemudu, Nagadali (Andhra Pradesh), Nagphan, Chhittarthor (Himachal Pradesh),Chorhathalo (Gujrat),
    Hathhathoria, Naghhana (Hindi), Palakakkali, Nagamullu (Kerala), Papaskalli, Chappatigalli (Karnatka), Chittarthohar (Punjab), Chapal (Maharashtra), Nagophenia (Orissa), Nagathali, Sappathikalli (Tamilnadu), Mahavriksha, Vajrakantaka (Sanskrit);
    Mexico: Yaaxpakan (Spanish);
    Portuguese: Palma-De-Espinho, Opúntia, Palmatória;
    Spanish: Chumbera, Nopal Estricto, Chumbera apretada, Pera Espinosa, Tun;
    French: Oponce ;
    English: Erect prickly
    Plant Growth Habit Spreading to erect, succulent shrub
    Plant Size 1–2 m high
    Root Shallow fibrous
    Stem 30 cm long by 15 cm wide by 1–2 cm thick
    Flowering Season Spring and summer
    Flower Hermaphrodite, 6–8 cm across, yellow to yellowish orange
    Fruit shape & size Ellipsoid or barrel-shaped, 4–6 cm long, 2.5–4 cm diameter
    Fruit color Red to purplish red
    Flesh color Reddish
    Seed Rounded, 4–5 mm diameter, pale brown

    Erect Prickly Pear Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Opuntia stricta

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Viridiplantae  (Green plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (Land plants)
    Superdivision Embryophyta
    Division Tracheophyta  (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Caryophyllales
    Family Cactaceae Juss. (Cactus, cacti)
    Genus Opuntia Mill. (Figues de Barbarie, pricklypear, cholla)
    Species Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. (Nopal estricto, erect pricklypear)
    Synonyms
    • Cactus chinensis Roxb.
    • Cactus dillenii Ker Gawl.
    • Cactus indicus Roxb.
    • Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC.
    • Cactus opuntia West
    • Cactus strictus Haw.
    • Consolea bahamana A.Berger
    • Opuntia anahuacensis Griffiths
    • Opuntia atrocapensis Small
    • Opuntia bahamana Britton & Rose
    • Opuntia bentonii Griffiths
    • Opuntia chinensis (Roxb.) K.Koch
    • Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.
    • Opuntia dillenii var. tehuantepecana
    • Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC.
    • Opuntia inermis (DC.) DC.
    • Opuntia macrantha Gibbes
    • Opuntia magnifica Small
    • Opuntia maritima Raf
    • Opuntia melanosperma Svenson
    • Opuntia nitens Small
    • Opuntia stricta var. dillenii (Ker Gawl.) L.D. Benson
    • Opuntia subsphaerocarpa Speg.
    • Opuntia tunoidea Gibbes
    • Opuntia vulgaris var. balearica F. A. C. Weber.
    • Opuntia zebrina Small
    • Pilocereus flavispinus Rümpler
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