Opuntia maxima, Miller
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6. O. maxima Miller View in CoL , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 5 (1768)
( O. amyclaea Ten. ).
Tree-like, 1 -3 m, much-branched; joints 20-40 cm, broadly elliptical, about twice as long as wide, thick, dull green, slightly glaucous. Leaves 4 mm, acute, red; areoles small, with 1-2 short bristles from lower part; spines 1-4, up to 3 cm, straight, white or translucent; glochids brown, caducous. Flowers yellow. Fruit yellowish-red. Occasionally naturalized on rocks and walls in the Mediterranean region. [It Ju?Sa?Si.] (1Mexico.)
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Opuntia maxima
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
O. maxima
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