Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

Monteiro, Francisca, Costa, Esperança Da, Kissanga, Raquel, Costa, José Carlos & Catarino, Luís, 2022, An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Quiçama National Park, Angola, Phytotaxa 557 (1), pp. 1-67 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.557.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7004212
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scientific name	Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.
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I Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. View in CoL

Bas.: Cactus strictus Haw. View in CoL

Thorny perennial herb or subshrub, in wooded savannah and disturbed sites such as cropland and fallows.

C.N.: pitela, cacto (pt).

Uses: food, medicinal.

Introduced and naturalized species, native to Tropical America.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae
Genus	Opuntia

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