✿Cactaceae · Opuntia
Cocheneal Plant
Opuntia cochenillifera
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- August-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Opuntia cochenillifera
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Centrl America
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cactaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cocheneal Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Cactaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cocheneal Plant
Cocheneal Plant (Opuntia cochenillifera) belongs to the Cactaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 11 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Botanical family
Cactaceae
Cactus family
Cocheneal Plant belongs to the Cactaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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