Chappal-Sendh / Common Prickly-Pear
Opuntia elatior
Also known as Opuntia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- April-August
How to identify Chappal-Sendh
Identify Chappal-Sendh by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Cactaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chappal-Sendh.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Opuntia elatior
- Genus
- Opuntia
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-August
- 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 Chappal-Sendh itself; the rest are typical of the Cactaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चप्पल सेंद chappal-sendh, नाग फनी nag phani, हाथ हथौड़िया Hathhathoria
- Bengali
- নাগফনা Nagphana
- Tamil
- சப்பாத்துக்கள்ளி cappattukkalli, பட்டணத்துக்கள்ளி pattanattukkalli
- Telugu
- జెముడు nagajemudu, నాగతాళి nagatali
- Kannada
- ಡಬ್ಬಗಳ್ಳಿ dabbagalli, ಪಾಪಸು ಕಳ್ಳಿ paapasu kalli
- Marathi
- फड्या निवडुंग phadya nivadung
About Chappal-Sendh
A member of the Cactaceae family, Common Prickly-pear (Opuntia elatior) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and 10 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from April to August.
Cactaceae
Cactus family
Chappal-Sendh belongs to the Cactaceae family.
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