List of edible cacti
This is a list of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.
- Acanthocereus tetragonus, the sword pear,
- Browningia candelaris,
- Carnegiea gigantea, the Saguaro,
- Cereus repandus - California and Florida
- genus Corryocactus, the tasty berrylike
- * C. brevistylis, C. pulquiensis, and C. erectus
- Coryphantha
- * C. robbinsorum and C. recurvata.
- genus Echinocereus
- * E. engelmannii, E. bonkerae, E. boyce-thompsonii
- * E. enneacanthus, E. cincerascens, E. stramineus
- * E. dasyacanthus, E. fendleri and E. fasciculatus
- * E. brandegeei, E. ledingii and E. nicholii
- * E. engelmannii
- genus Echinopsis
- * South American species
- ** E. atacamensis, E./T. coquimbana and E./T. schickendanzii
- genus Epiphyllum, the Orchid cactus
- * E. anguliger
- genus Epithelantha
- genus Eulychnia
- * E. acida
- genus Ferocactus
- * Ferocactus hamatacanthus
- * F. histrix and F. latispinus
- genus Harrisia, the "Prickly Apples"
- ** Harrisia martinii
- * NOTE: The following 5 are said to be "endangered endemic" :
- ** H. aboriginum, H.simpsonii, H. adscendens, H fragrans and H. eriophora
- ** H. pomanensis
- ** Argentinian H. balansae
- Genus Hylocereus
- * H. undatus, H. costaricensis, H. megalanthus, H. guatemalensis, H. polyrhizus and H. triangularis
- genus Mammillaria
- * M. applanata, M. meiacantha, M. macdougalii, M. lasiacantha
- * M. grahamii, M. oliviae, M. mainiae, M. microcarpa, M. thornberi and many others
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans
- genus Opuntia, the prickly pears
- * Opuntia engelmannii
- * Opuntia ficus-indica
- * Opuntia matudae
- * Opuntia fragilis
- * Opuntia basilaris
- genus Pachycereus,
- * Pachycereus pringlei, the Cardon
- * P. schottii, the Senita and P. weberi, the Candelabro
- genus Peniocereus,
- * Peniocereus greggii, the Arizona Queen of the Night
- * P. johnstonii and P. serpentinus
- genus Pereskia
- * P. aculeata, the "Barbados gooseberry"
- * P. guamacho
- genus Stenocereus )
- * S. fricii, S. griseus, S. gummosus, S. montanus
- * S. queretaroensis, S. standleyi, S. stellatus
- * S. thurberi and S. treleasi