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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: prickly pear<br />

SPANISH: tuna<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits, pads, buds, and dried seeds <strong>of</strong> this clumpforming<br />

cactus are said to be e<strong>at</strong>en, though Britton and Rose<br />

claim o<strong>the</strong>rwise for <strong>the</strong> fruit.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Missouri and Kansas to Texas, Arizona, and nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Britton and Rose 1963, Kindscher<br />

1987<br />

Opuntia m<strong>at</strong>udae Scheinvar<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: sour prickly pear<br />

SPANISH: xoconostle<br />

USES/NOTES: Joints are e<strong>at</strong>en as nopals and fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en fresh.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Jalisco, Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Vigueras and Portillo 2001, Zavaleta-Beckler et al.<br />

2001<br />

Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw. [syn. O. vulgaris Miller, Cactus<br />

indicus Roxb., Cactus monacanthos Willd.]<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: cochineal prickly pear, common prickly pear, drooping<br />

prickly pear, drooping tree pear, Joseph’s co<strong>at</strong><br />

PORTUGUESE: arumbeva, monducuru, palma-santa, palm<strong>at</strong>ória,<br />

palm<strong>at</strong>ória-espinhosa, urumbeba<br />

USES/NOTES: Sweet, typically purple fruits are e<strong>at</strong>en raw, stewed,<br />

or preserved. Young pads are chopped and cooked as a vegetable in<br />

<strong>the</strong> West Indies. A slimy mash from <strong>the</strong> pads is used in cooking,<br />

in medicines, and to clean hair.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: coastal Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina into eastern<br />

Paraguay, now widespread and invasive in many warm regions<br />

REFERENCES: IBGE 1980, Mabberley 1987, Martin et al. 1987, Mentz et<br />

al. 1997<br />

Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

ENGLISH: Englishman prickly pear<br />

USES/NOTES: Fruits and pads are edible, seeds are dried <strong>the</strong>n<br />

parched and ground into meal for use in gruel and cakes, and<br />

young stems are e<strong>at</strong>en roasted or boiled, used somewh<strong>at</strong> like green<br />

beans, or added to scrambled eggs.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Texas to Arizona and adjacent Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Britton and Rose 1963, Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967,<br />

Martin et al. 1987, Nobel 1994<br />

Opuntia phaeacantha var. camanchica (Engelm. & Bigelow) L. Benson<br />

[syn. O. camanchica Engelm. & Bigelow]<br />

FAMILY: Cactaceae (cactus)<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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