Prickly pear cactus Opuntia or (Cactus pear), succulent shrub fruits is average length between one and a half to three meters, flat gray branches or green and yellow blossoms and fruits can reside in multiple colors: yellow, red, Purple, Orange, light green, depending on the type and extent of maturity, and contains a small seed, usually eaten with the fruit pulp, an important food crop is figs in arid regions, traditionally consume fruit fresh, or turned into juice or jam, while Clean out branches and cooked as a vegetable in many stews and salads, branches are used as feed for cattle, owing to its high tree of drought tolerance and adapt to high temperatures, they are grown as a means to repel wind as living fence, noted that fruit Grow on the edges of the leaves are spiny and length of fruits from 5 to 10 cm, and resembling the form avocado, but its thick rough and covered by thorns, characterized by a sweet taste, and are available all year round, but her best season starts from early spring until late autumn, and buy good fruit you must Small grains and coherent choice, not be dry or curling up and can be stored in the refrigerator for more than a week if kept tightly in a plastic bag.
