Cactus fruit, commonly known as the prickly pear, may come from a frightful shrub but its sweet and nutritious flesh is worth the hassle of extracting it from the thorn-covered plant and then ...

Also called the prickly pear cactus, this genus has large flat pads called cladodes with spiky thorns and hairy spines called glochids. The cacti also grow brightly colored flowers and develop ...