Prickly Pear
Opuntia dillenii
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Opuntia dillenii
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Introduced in tropics
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Prickly Pear itself; the rest are typical of the Cactaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ফনীমনসা
About Prickly Pear
A member of the Cactaceae family, Prickly Pear (Opuntia dillenii) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and 10 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Cactaceae
Cactus family
Prickly Pear belongs to the Cactaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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