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Accepted name: 
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. [Cactaceae]
More about this plant: 
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
balas turki Other Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
barbary fig Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
barbary-fig Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barshoom Other Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
boereturksvy Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chumba Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chumbera Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
eastern prickly pear Other Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
feigenkaktus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
figo-da-espanha Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
figo-da-índia Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
figueira-da-barbária Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
figuier d'inde Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
figuier de barbarie Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
fikonkaktus Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grootdoringturksvy Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
higuera Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
higuera chumbera Other Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hsien jen chang Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ikiamanch Other Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
indian fig Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-fig Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-fig prickly-pear Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jamaracá Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jurumbeba Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
missi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
naagajemudu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naagaphani Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
naga jamudu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagadali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagaphani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagatalie kullie Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagfani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagphani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nopal Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
opuntia vulgaris Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
palma Other Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
palma-de-gato Other Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
palmatória Other Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
papoutsosykiá Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
penca Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
prickly pear Other Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
prickly-pear Other Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000)
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
pricklypear Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
raquette Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sappathi-kalli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spineless cactus Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tuna Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
tuna cactus Other Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zaqam Other Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
παπουτσοσυκιά Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
تين‬ شوكي‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫صبر Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
仙人杖 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
仙掌子 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
梨果仙人掌 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉芙蓉 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
神仙掌花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)