If you would like to support this site, please consider Donating.
Useful Tropical Plants

Opuntia ficus-indica Images

Back to plant info.
Opuntia ficus-indica
A virtually spineless form with a very heavy crop of fruit
Photograph by: Ziegler175
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
A spiny form of the plant, fruiting at the archeological area of Cantona, Puebla, Mexico
Photograph by: Diego Delso
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Spineless forms are often cultivated in semi-arid areas, both for their fruit and as a food for livestock
Photograph by: AlejandroLinaresGarcia
GNU Free Documentation License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Spiny forms are much more likely to escape from cultivation and can become troublesome weeds in pasture and native habitats
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Flowers and immature fruits
Photograph by: Stan Shebs
GNU Free Documentation License

Opuntia ficus-indica
The open flowers are filled with beetles of various types, contently lazing deep among the stamens
Photograph by: Elena Gaillard
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Fruits for sale
Photograph by: Touzrimounir
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Ripe fruits on a spineless plant at Luther Burbank's Experimental Farm in Burbank, California
Photograph by: Frank Schulenburg
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Fruits cut open
Photograph by: Lucyin
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
A young seedling
Photograph by: Rob Hille
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Seeds
Photograph by: Rob Hille
Creative Commons License

Opuntia ficus-indica
Ripe fruits
Photograph by: Carlos Lorenzo
Creative Commons License