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