Prickly Pear
Opuntia dillenii
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha & 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, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Delhi
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Cactaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Cactaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ফনীমনসা
About Prickly Pear
Prickly Pear (Opuntia dillenii) is a shrub belonging to the Cactaceae family (Cactus family). Members of this family are generally characterised by absent/reduced succulent leaves, solitary flower clusters, berry fruit. It is typically found in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains. Native to Tropical America, it is distributed across Introduced in tropics. 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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