Sweet prickly pear: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Sweet prickly pear in English is the name of a plant defined with Opuntia ficus-indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cactus compressus Salisb. (among others).
2) Sweet prickly pear is also identified with Opuntia stricta It has the synonym Cactus dillenii Ker Gawl. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Flora of Ecuador (1989)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1980)
· American Journal of Botany (1946)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1997)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1814)
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Partial matches: Pear.
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