Prickly Pear Cactus
A tree like cactus. It grows to 2-5 m tall. It has many branches. It is spreading and bluish-green. It has succulent pads. The joints are 20-40 cm long by 10-20 cm wide. The spines are 2-3 cm long. Spineless kinds also occur. The flowers are large and yellow. They grow on the borders of the pads. The flowers open in the daytime. They are 70-100 mm long. The filaments are pale yellow. The fruit are barrel shaped. They are 50-90 mm long. They turn yellow when ripe. There are several seeds. There are several cultivated varieties.
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- Mayer, JA,Cushman, JC.Nutritional and mineral content of prickly pear cactus: A highly water-use efficient forage, fodder and food species.J Agro Crop Sci.2019;205:625–634.https://doi.org/10.1111/jac.12353 Increased demand for food requires us to investigate livestock forage and fodder crops that...
- Dhurba Neupane,Jesse A. Mayer,Nicholas A. Niechayev,Carol D. Bishop,John C. Cushman First published: 21 January 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12805 Climate-resilient and highly water-use efficient crops are needed to meet the future food, feed, fiber, and fuel demands of a growing human...
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- 7668 Trends in Biosciences 10 (37), 2017 REVIEW PAPER Nutritional Importance of Cactus: A Review SUPRIYA M. KAMBLE1 , PRASHANT P. DEBAJE2 , RAHUL C. RANVEER2* AND A. K. SAHOO1 1Department of Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 2PG institute of Post-Harvest Management, Killa –...
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