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What do you do if you ate a cactus?
Many types of cactus are edible and commonly eaten by people. Prickly pear cactus is one example.
What type of tree has thorns on trunk with edible shoots?
PRICKLY pear cactus
Prick pears is a kind of fruit?
Yes, prickly pear fruits develop on a number of cactus plants and are edible.
What is the state plant of Texas?
The Prickly Pear Cactus
What are some edible plants in the desert?
In the deserts of the American Southwest, seed pods from the mesquite tree/bush are edible as well as the fruits and tender new pads of the prickly pear cactus.
What type of caCtus can be eaten?
cacti bear edible fruit such as the prickly pear and hylocereus which produces dragon fruit or pitaya.
Can people eat desert cactus?
Cacti are producers! Producers are plants and plants do not 'eat' other plants.
Where does the prickly pear cactus live?
on a pear
Is the prickly pear and cactus relationship mutualism or commensalism?
A prickly pear is a cactus. There is no commensalism or mutualism.
What is the name of the fruit of the cactus?
The fruit of the cactus is commonly known as a prickly pear or cactus pear. It is a sweet and flavorful fruit that grows on certain species of cacti.
Did Navajo people eat prickly pear cactus?
The pads and fruit of the prickly pear cactus are edible. The fruit can be peeled and eaten raw. However, many experts suggest that the fruit is best when it is made into candy, jelly, juice, or wine. It is also available dried or in extract form.
Are there results for studies on the medicinal use of cactus for diabetes?
Pear Cactus is used to help with diabetes, but no studies prove that Pear Cactus will cure diabetes.
