Opuntia ficus-indica L. (Fam: CACTACEAE.)
 Published date of profile: Oct-2010.
Citation: Mifsud S., (Oct-2010) Opuntia ficus-indica on MaltaWildPlants.com |
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| Nomenclature |
Species name : | Opuntia ficus-indica
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Basionym or principal synonyms: Opuntia ficus-barbarica
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Plant Family : | Cactaceae Juss.
(Cactus Family) | Common name(s) : | Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Barbary Fig | Maltese name(s) : | Bajtar tax-xewk, Bajtar tal-Indja, Franċiż | Status for Malta : | Naturalised Alien. Not native, introduced in the last 500 years from foreign countries and now found naturalised throughout the Maltese islands | Frequency | Very Common Common Frequent Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
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Raunkiaer life form: Macro-Phanerophyte (High trees)
Germination: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection : | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Flora section of the National Red Data Book (Lanfranco, 1989) | Flowering Time : | May-Jul |
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