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List of edible cacti
This is a list of edible plants in the family
Cactaceae
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Acanthocereus tetragonus
- sword pear
Browningia candelaris
Carnegiea gigantea
-
saguaro
Cereus repandus
- hedge cactus
Cochemiea
C. grahamii
C. macdougalii
C. mainiae
C. thornberi
Corryocactus
C. brevistylis
C. erectus
C. pulquiensis
Coryphantha
- beehive cacti
C. recurvata
C. robbinsorum
Disocactus anguliger
- zig zag cactus (grows edible fruit with a taste similar to kiwifruit)
Echinocereus
- strawberry cacti or hedgehog cacti
E. bonkerae
- short-spined strawberry cactus
E. boyce-thompsonii
E. brandegeei
E. cinerascens
E. dasyacanthus
- spiny hedgehog cactus
E. engelmannii
- strawberry hedgehog cactus
E. enneacanthus
E. fasciculatus
- pinkflower hedgehog cactus
E. fendleri
- Fendler's hedgehog cactus
E. ledingii
E. nicholii
E. stramineus
- pitaya
Echinopsis
E. schickendantzii
Epiphyllum
-
orchid cacti
Epithelantha
(the fruit of all species said to be edible)
Eulychnia
E. acida
Ferocactus
F. hamatacanthus
- Turk's head
F. histrix
-
borrachito
F. latispinus
-
pocha
Harrisia
- prickly applecacti
H. aboriginum
- west-coast prickly apple
H. adscendens
H. balansae
H. eriophora
H. fragrans
- fragrant prickly apple
H. martinii
-
Martin applecactus
H. pomanensis
H. simpsonii
- Simpson's applecactus
Leucostele
L. atacamensis
- cardón
L. nigripilis
- sea-urchin cactus
Lophocereus schottii
-
senita cactus
Mammillaria
- nipple cacti or birthday cake cacti
M. applanata
M. lasiacantha
- golf-ball pincushion cactus
M. meiacantha
M. microcarpa
M. oliviae
Other species
Maihuenia
- maihuén
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
-
garambulos
(taste like less-acidic cranberries)
Neowerdermannia vorwerkii
- achakana
Opuntia
-
pricklypear cacti
O. basilaris
-
beavertail pricklypair
O. engelmannii
- desert pricklypear
O. ficus-indica
- Indian fig opuntia
O. fragilis
-
little pricklypear
O. matudae
- xoconostle
Pachycereus
P. pringlei
- cardón
P. weberi
- candelabro
Peniocereus
P. greggii
- Arizona Queen of the Night
P. johnstonii
P. serpentinus
Pereskia
P. aculeata
- Barbados gooseberry
P. guamacho
Selenicereus
- moonlight cacti (produce fruits known as pitaya or dragonfruit)
S. costaricensis
- red-fleshed pitaya
S. megalanthus
- yellow pitaya
S. undatus
- white-fleshed pitaya
Stenocereus
(produce fruits known as pitaya)
S. fricii
- pitayo de aguas
S. griseus
- pitayo de Mayo
S. gummosus
- pitahaya agria
S. montanus
- pitaya colorada
S. pruinosus
- pitayo de Octubre
S. queretaroensis
- pitaya de queretaro
S. standleyi
- pitaya marismena
S. stellatus
- xoconostle
S. thurberi
- organ pipe cactus, pitayo dulce
S. treleasi
- tunillo
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