Opuntia dillenii Haw.

 
  • Family : CACTACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Cactaceae
  • Species : Opuntia dillenii
  • Synonym : Opuntia stricta var. dillenii (Ker Gawl.) L.D. Benson
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.
  • Common name : Erect pricklypear
  • Vernacular name : Paapaasukalli (Kan.)
  • Key identification features : An erect branching shrub, joints flat, obovate, areoles with 3-7 yellowish spines. Flowers yellow; stamens included. Berry globose, fleshy, areolar and glochidiate. Seeds many hard.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Native : America
  • Comments : Found growing in wastelands. Used in folk medicine as an antidiabetic and antiinflammatory
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bellary, Chitradurga, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Udupi, Dakshina kannada
  • Floras referred : Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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