Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
erect prickly-pear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tuna	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC. Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 138E (1804).
Cactus strictus Haw. Misc. Nat.: 188 (1803).
Opuntia airampo Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 85: 492 (1894).
Opuntia balearica F.A.C.Weber ex Hirscht Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 175 (1898), pro syn.
Opuntia bartramii Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 146 (1832).
Opuntia bentonii Griffiths Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 25 (1911).
Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii Scheinvar Feddes Repert. 95: 277 (1984).
Opuntia inermis (DC.) DC. Prodr. 3: 473 (1828).
Opuntia keyensis Britton ex Small J. New York Bot. Gard. 20: 31 (1919).
Opuntia longiclada Griffiths Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 525 (1916).
Opuntia magnifica Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 910 (1933).
Opuntia nejapensis Bravo Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 115 (1972).
Opuntia parva A.Berger Hortus Mortolensis: 234 (1912).
Opuntia stricta subsp. esparzae Scheinvar Cact. Suc. Mex. 47: 98 (2002).
Opuntia stricta var. reitzii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar & A.Rodr. Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 21: 299 (2000 publ. 2001), with incorrect basionym ref.
Opuntia tenuiflora Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 908 (1933).
Opuntia vulgaris var. balaerica F.A.C.Weber in D.G.J.Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 894 (1898).
Pilocereus flavispinus Rümpler in C.F.Förster & K.T.Rümpler, Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 659 (1885).
Pilocereus nobilis K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 189 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Opuntia stricta Haw.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Opuntia stricta Haworth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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