Mazhar Botanic Garden

Opuntia dejecta (Salm-Dyck)

Spiny Nopal

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: dejecta
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000992
Common name: Spiny Nopal
English name: Panama Nopal
Arabic name: اوبونتيا ديجكتا
Native: Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba
Country: Cuba Mexico Nicaragua
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen shrub or small tree growing 5 m tall the old trunks stoutly cylindrical, very spiny, stem joints narrowly elliptic-oblong, the areoles with 2-8 stout spines flowers dark red to pink

Nopalea dejecta, Opuntia diffusa

.
Texture: Adaptable Heavy clay Sandy
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 and summer
Zone: 9a : 11b
pH range: 6-7.5

The information in this website has been compiled from reliable sources, such as reference works on medicinal plants. It is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and Mazhar Botanic Garden does not purport to provide any medical advice. Readers should always consult his/her physician before using or consuming a plant for medicinal purposes.