Biology:List of edible cacti
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This is a list[1] of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.
- Acanthocereus tetragonus - sword pear
- Browningia candelaris[2]
- Carnegiea gigantea - saguaro
- Cereus repandus - hedge cactus
- Cochemiea
- C. grahamii
- C. macdougalii
- C. mainiae
- C. thornberi
- Corryocactus
- C. brevistylis
- C. erectus
- C. pulquiensis
- Coryphantha - beehive cacti
- C. recurvata
- C. robbinsorum
- Disocactus anguliger - zig zag cactus (grows edible fruit with a taste similar to kiwifruit)
- Echinocereus - strawberry cacti or hedgehog cacti
- E. bonkerae - short-spined strawberry cactus
- E. boyce-thompsonii
- E. brandegeei
- E. cinerascens
- E. dasyacanthus - spiny hedgehog cactus
- E. engelmannii - strawberry hedgehog cactus
- E. enneacanthus
- E. fasciculatus - pinkflower hedgehog cactus
- E. fendleri - Fendler's hedgehog cactus
- E. ledingii
- E. nicholii
- E. stramineus - pitaya
- Echinopsis
- Epiphyllum - orchid cacti
- Epithelantha (the fruit of all species said to be edible)
- Eulychnia
- Ferocactus
- F. hamatacanthus - Turk's head
- F. histrix - borrachito
- F. latispinus - pocha
- Harrisia - prickly applecacti
- H. aboriginum - west-coast prickly apple
- H. adscendens
- H. balansae
- H. eriophora
- H. fragrans - fragrant prickly apple
- H. martinii[3] - Martin applecactus
- H. pomanensis
- H. simpsonii - Simpson's applecactus
- Leucostele
- L. atacamensis - cardón
- L. nigripilis - sea-urchin cactus
- Lophocereus schottii - senita cactus
- Mammillaria - nipple cacti or birthday cake cacti
- M. applanata
- M. lasiacantha - golf-ball pincushion cactus
- M. meiacantha
- M. microcarpa
- M. oliviae
- Other species
- Maihuenia - maihuén
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans - garambulos (taste like less-acidic cranberries)
- Neowerdermannia vorwerkii - achakana
- Opuntia - pricklypear cacti
- O. basilaris[4][5] - beavertail pricklypair
- O. engelmannii - desert pricklypear
- O. ficus-indica - Indian fig opuntia
- O. fragilis[6] - little pricklypear
- O. matudae - xoconostle
- Pachycereus
- P. pringlei - cardón
- P. weberi - candelabro
- Peniocereus
- P. greggii - Arizona Queen of the Night
- P. johnstonii
- P. serpentinus
- Pereskia
- P. aculeata - Barbados gooseberry
- P. guamacho
- Selenicereus - moonlight cacti (produce fruits known as pitaya or dragonfruit)
- S. costaricensis - red-fleshed pitaya
- S. megalanthus - yellow pitaya
- S. undatus - white-fleshed pitaya
- Stenocereus (produce fruits known as pitaya)
- S. fricii - pitayo de aguas
- S. griseus - pitayo de Mayo
- S. gummosus - pitahaya agria
- S. montanus - pitaya colorada
- S. pruinosus - pitayo de Octubre
- S. queretaroensis - pitaya de queretaro
- S. standleyi - pitaya marismena
- S. stellatus - xoconostle
- S. thurberi - organ pipe cactus, pitayo dulce
- S. treleasi - tunillo
References
- ↑ Marmaro, John P. "What cacti produce edible fruit or are edible?". http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1801124/what-cacti-produce-edible-fruit-or-are-edible.
- ↑ Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, p. 134
- ↑ "Harrisia Cactus". http://herbiguide.com.au/Descriptions/hg_Harrisia_Cactus.htm. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "Cahuilla Plants". http://www.enduringknowledgepublications.com/cahuillaplants.html.
- ↑ "Temalpakh Ethnobotanical Garden". http://www.malkimuseum.org/garden.htm.
- ↑ Kershaw, MacKinnon, Pojar (1998). Plants of the Rocky Mountains. Lone Pine Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-55105-088-9.
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