Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) P. Mill.

English: Indian fig opuntia

German: Feigenkaktus

Mandarin: 梨果仙人掌 (li guo xian ren zhang)

Portuguese: Figueira da Índia

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Opuntia (5)

            Epithet: ficus-indica (L.) P. Mill. (1)

Synonym: Cactus ficus-indica L.

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Check for Opuntia ficus-indica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org
• [614] Opuntia ficus-indica - Plants For A Future database
• [1195] Opuntia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1344] Opuntia ficus-indica - Flora of China @ efloras.org