Opuntia maxima Miller

Spice Flower detail Flower Fruit

Family: CACTACEAE

Genus: Opuntia

Catalan common name: Figa de pala. Figuera de moro. Figuera de pic. Figuerassa. Nopal. Palera.

Spanish common name: Chumbera. Tunera. Tuno.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): America

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky coastlines. Cultivated species. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Tree heather maquis and silicolous garigues. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Cultivated specie and sometimes naturalizated. Path roads and cliff faces.