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Opuntia tuna is a
species of
cactus in the
genus Opuntia. It is
endemic to
Hispaniola (in the
Dominican Republic),
Jamaica and
other Caribbean Islands...
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diploid (2n=22)
Opuntia tuna (L.) Mill.
Opuntia tunoidea Gibbes Opuntia ×
vaseyi (J.M.Coult.)
Britton & Rose
Opuntia velutina F.A.C.Weber
Opuntia wilcoxii Britton...
- pear"
refer to this species. The
Spanish name
tuna is also used for the
fruit of this
cactus and for
Opuntia in general;
according to
Alexander von Humboldt...
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engelmannii Opuntia maxima Opuntia ×occidentalis
Opuntia robusta Opuntia streptacantha Opuntia stricta Opuntia tomentosa Opuntia tuna Tacinga palmadora Like...
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Nopal is a
common name in
Spanish for
Opuntia cacti (commonly
referred to in
English as
prickly pear or
tender cactus), as well as for its pads. The name...
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Estonian magazine Tuna,
Spanish for
prickly pear, the
fruit of the
Opuntia cacti Tuna, the Māori word for the New
Zealand longfin eel Tunalikevirus, a genus...
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Sabana o
Monte (Melocactus caesius),
Guamacho (Pereskia guamacho), and
Opuntia tuna as well as a few
legumes (family Fabaceae) such as
Mesquite (Prosopis...
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medicine and food in Mexico. In
contrast to the
common fruit (
tunas) from
related Opuntia ficus-indica, it is less sweet, the
color is a
bland greenish...
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Mammillaria nivosa,
Melocactus intortus,
Opuntia dillenii,
Opuntia rubescens,
Opuntia triacantha,
Opuntia tuna,
Pereskia aculeata,
Pilosocereus nobilis...
- so with the
lowering of
production costs. The "
tuna blood" dye (from the
Mexican name for the
Opuntia fruit)
stopped being used and
trade in cochineal...
