Related: How to Eat Hatch Chiles, the New Mexico Pepper With a Cult-Like Following The prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is the fruit of the Opuntia cactus, also called nopal cactus. In ...

The most common species grown mainly for its nopales is the Opuntia ficus-indica. That's because this particular species has thick, fleshy pads that provide a lot of flesh. It grows quite tall and ...

His research has focused on understanding developmental and water-deficit stress responses of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) along with its nutritional potential as a forage and fodder. Ongoing ...