Mazhar Botanic Garden

Opuntia macrocentra Engelm.

Purple pricklypear

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000991
Common name: Purple pricklypear
English name: Long-spined purplish prickly pear
Arabic name: ابونتا ماكروسنترا
Native: United States
Country: United States
(PGR): Rare

Upright spreading shrub grow 60-100 cm tall stem blue-gray, blue-green, or purplish in color The purple pad color is the most intense at the edges of the pad or around the areoles pads orbicular shaped 10-20 cm in width, 10-20 cm in length, spines are produced on the upper half or the upper edge only of the pad areole will have from 1-3 central spines coming from it with the longest being 5–10 cm  in length, The largest spine will be pointed in a markedly upward direction, spines are sometimes seen with a white or yellow tip flowers yellow, bright red center fruit juices light purple

Ornamental plant. Edible fruit. potted plant

Opuntia violacea var macrocentra (Engelm) LDBenson

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Texture: Sandy Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 9 : 10
pH range: 6.5-7.0
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Cactus
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Edible Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cactus Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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