List of edible cacti

This is a list of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.

• 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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