The fruit of the Opuntia Ficus-Indica might be better known as a prickly pear or tunas in Spanish, but Claudia Villalobos, a sales specialist with the farm, prefers cactus pears. The name sounds less ...

Edible cacti, particularly nopal and prickly pear fruit from Opuntia ficus-indica, have historically been consumed in dry and water-scarce regions. As an essential component in traditional diets, ...

THE tuna plant may not be as popular in herbal medicine as its cousin the aloe vera, but that doesn’t mean that Jamaicans haven’t been using opuntia ficus indica (prickly pear plant, India fig opuntia ...