Opuntia stricta | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Opuntia stricta

Scientific Name and Description

Opuntia stricta (HAW.) HAW. var. dillenii (KER.-GAWL)BENSON

Herb Family

Cactaceae

Plant type

Shrub

Plant Synonyms

Cactus ficus-indica L.
Opuntia dillenii (KER-GAMIER) HAW.
Cactus opuntia var. inermis DC.
Cactus strictus Haw.
Consolea bahamana (Britton & Rose) A.Berger
Opuntia airampo Phil.
Opuntia bahamana Britton & Rose
Opuntia balearica F.A.C.Weber ex Hirscht
Opuntia bartramii Raf.
Opuntia bentonii Griffiths
Opuntia dillenii var. reitzii Scheinvar
Opuntia dillenii var. tehuantepecana Bravo
Opuntia inermis (DC.) DC.
Opuntia keyensis Britton ex Small
Opuntia longiclada Griffiths
Opuntia magnifica Small
Opuntia nejapensis Bravo
Opuntia parva A.Berger
Opuntia stricta subsp. esparzae Scheinvar
Opuntia stricta var. reitzii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar & A.Rodr.
Opuntia tehuantepecana (Bravo) Bravo
Opuntia tenuiflora Small
Opuntia vulgaris var. balaerica F.A.C.Weber
Pilocereus flavispinus Rümpler
Pilocereus nobilis K.Schum.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	haththathoira, nag phan, nag-phana, nagphana, nagphani, phani-manasa
Kannada	cappatigalli, chappate kalli, chappatigalli, dabaagalli, dabbagalli, dabbu galli, dabbugalli, dabgalli, kalli, machhagalli, mullkalli, mullu-galli, mullugalli, naagadele kalli, nagadali, papasakalli, papasikalli, papaskalli, papaskatalli, papaskattali, papasukalli, papasukattale, pappaskalli, sappattikalli, shivaram-kalli, sivaramakalli, sivaramukalli
Malayalam	kallimullu, naga-mulla, nagamullu, nagatali, nagtali, palakakalli, palakakkalli, palakalli, sapthapano
Marathi	chapal, naagaphana, naagathaali, nag-nival, nagaphana, paalakalli, padyaanivadunga, phaninishdunga, samar, vilaithi nevarung
Sanskrit	bahudugdhika, bahushala, dondavrikshaka, guda, gula, kandarohaka, kandashakha, krishnakhara, kubshadruma, mahavriksha, nagadru, nagaphana, netrari, nistrinshapatrika, samantadugdha, shakhakanta, shihunda, sihunda, sinhatunda, snuha, snuhi, snuka, snusha, sudha, vajra, vajradruma, vajrakantaka, vidara, vidara-vishvasaraka, visvasaraka
Tamil	cappatti, cappatti-k-kalli, cappattukkalli, kalli, manjarnagadali, mullukkalli, naga-dali, nagadali, nagakkalli, nagarkali, nagatalie kullie, nagathali, nakatali, palagaikkalli, palakai-kalli, pattanadugalli, sappathikkalli, sappattu
Telugu	naagadaali, naagajemmudu, naagamullu, naga-dali, nagadali, nagajamudu, nagajemadu, nagajemmadu, nagajemudu, nagamalli, nagamullu, papasalli
Common names	erect prickly pear, nopal estricto