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Cactaceae (cactus family) » Opuntia cochenillifera

op-UN-shee-uh or op-UN-tee-uh -- named after Opus (Greece), an area where other cactus-like plants were grown koh-ken-ill-EE-fer-uh -- cochineal-bearing -- French cochenille, from Spanish cochinilla, cochineal insect, probably from Vulgar Latin coccinella, from feminine diminutive of Latin coccinus, scarlet, from Greek kokkinos, from kokkos, kermes berry (from its use in making scarlet dye)

commonly known as: English: cochineal cactus, cochineal nopal cactus, nopal cactus, nopalea grande, nopales opuntia, velvet opuntia, warm hand, wooly joint prickly pear • Marathi: बोडका निवडुंग bodaka nivadunga • Norwegian: cochenillekaktus • Tamil: கள்ளிவகை kallivakai, பூச்சிக்கள்ளி puccikkalli • Telugu: జెముడు jemudu (generic)

... this variety of opuntia has thornless, pleasant to touch thick leaves. During summer hot day leaves warm up and their touch reminds of a warm hand touch.

The plant will form a nice ornamental shrub. Flowers are bright red to crimson. Very fast growing, will thrive in neglect, tolerates almost any conditions.
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Source Cochineal nopal cactus
Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location18° 54′ 09.42″ N, 73° 06′ 58.75″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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