EPPO Global Database

Opuntia monacantha(OPUVU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-07-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: OPUVU
  • Preferred name: Opuntia monacantha
  • Authority: (Willdenow) Haworth

Notes

Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay. Introduced in Western Mediterranean, Bulgaria, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia (Malaya), China (including Taiwan), East Africa, South Africa, southern USA


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cactus monacanthos Willdenow
Opuntia vulgaris var. lemaireana (Console ex Bois) Backeberg

Common names
Name Language
barbary fig English (AU)
Barbary fig English
spreading prickly pear English (US)
gemeine Opuntie German
kleiner Feigenkaktus German
raquette à aiguillon solitaire French
higuera chumba Spanish
higuera de pala Spanish
higuera pala Spanish
quimilo Spanish (AR)
quiscoludo Spanish (AR)
fikenkaktus Swedish
опунция одноколючковая Russian
chán cì xiān rén zhǎng Chinese
单刺仙人掌 Chinese