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Opuntia vulgaris
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Family:
CACTACEAE
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Citation: Opuntia vulgaris Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) 1. 1768; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 140. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 240. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 400. 2009.
Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 81. 1819; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 548(387). 1919.
Cactus monacanthos Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. 33. 1813.
Cactus indicus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 475. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chappathikally, Pattanathukally
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Subshrubs, fleshy branches, areoles woolly, spines to 2.5 cm. Leaves subulate or absent. Flowers solitary, sessile; calyx lobes 0.7 cm, ovate, pubescent, tube adnate to ovary; corolla 6 cm across; stamens many, filaments 0.5 to 2 cm; ovary inferior, 3 cm long; ovules many, style to 2 cm, stigma 3-5 lobed. Berry 5 x 3.5 cm, obovoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
South East America; naturalised in India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Tiruvalla
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