Plant Details

Accepted name:: Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill. [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cochineal cactus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nopal	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
palmatória	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
puchikalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuna (smooth)	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 64 (1850).
Cactus cochenillifer L. Sp. Pl.: 468 (1753).
Cactus subinermis Link ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 246 (1840).
Nopalea brittonii Houghton J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(5): 4 (1929).
Nopalea brittonii var. variegata Houghton J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(5): 4 (1929), nom. nud.
Nopalea nuda Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 6: 3629 (1962).
Opuntia coccinellifera Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 220 (1841), orth. var.
Opuntia magnifolia Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 22 (1790), nom. nud.
Opuntia nuda (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley Repert. Pl. Succ. 22: 11 (1973), without basionym page.
Opuntia subinermis Link ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 222 (1841), nom. nud.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nopalea coccinellifera	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nopalea cochenilifera (L.) Salm-Dyck	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Lyons	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Nopalea cochenillifera (L.)Salm-Dyck	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nopalea cochenillifera Salm-Dyck.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nopalea cochinellifera (L.) Salm-Dyck	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Opuntia coccinellifera Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Opuntia cochenilifera (L.) Mill.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Opuntia cochinellifera Mill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Opuntia cochinellifera Mill.Gard.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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