Plant Details

Accepted name:: Opuntia elatior 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:
ariyokitakkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ariyokitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappunakatali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaiviritavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunakatali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunakatalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullilakkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullillakkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulumuvitakkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulumuvital	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagphani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakamullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakaparani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakapatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakappatikkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ninocikkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niwdung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prickly pear	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tevamati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tevamatikkarralai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thor-ka-haath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Opuntia nigricans C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk.: 496 (1846), nom. illeg.
Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 189 (1812).
Cactus elatior (Mill.) Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 84 (1814).
Cactus humilis Haw. Misc. Nat.: 187 (1803).
Cactus nigricans Haw. Misc. Nat.: 187 (1803).
Cactus opuntia var. polyanthos DC. Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 138F (1804).
Cactus polyanthos (DC.) Sims Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2691 (1826).
Cactus pseudococcinillifer Bertol. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 473 (1828).
Cactus tuna var. elatior (Mill.) Sims Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1557 (1813).
Cactus tuna var. flava Sims Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1557 (1813).
Cactus tuna var. major Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 37 (1814).
Cactus tuna var. nigricans (Haw.) Sims Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1557 (1813).
Opuntia bergeriana F.A.C.Weber ex A.Berger Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 35: 34 (1904).
Opuntia boldinghii Britton & Rose Cact. 1: 155 (1919).
Opuntia coccinea Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161 (1837).
Opuntia flexibilis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 161 (1837).
Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC. Prodr. 3: 472 (1828).
Opuntia humilis Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 189 (1812).
Opuntia ledienii A.Berger Hortus Mortolensis: 233 (1912), nom. nud.
Opuntia maidenii Griffiths Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 201 (1919).
Opuntia megalantha Griffiths Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 530 (1916).
Opuntia multiflora G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 503 (1886).
Opuntia polyanthos (DC.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 190 (1812).
Opuntia pseudotuna Salm-Dyck Observ. Bot. Horto Dyck. 3: 7 (1822).
Opuntia spinaurea Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 46 (1845).
Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis Gentry Allan Hancock Atlantic Exped. 2(6): 11 (1948).
Opuntia tuna var. manse Orcutt W. Amer. Sci. 7: 157 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opuntia elatior Mill.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Opuntia elatior Miller	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Opuntia nigricans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Opuntia nigricans Haw.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Opuntia nigricans Haworth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Opuntia nigricans Par. ex Foerst.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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