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Opuntia preciadoae is a low, shrubby prickly pear from northern Mexico with very large, thick, round pads and purplish-red fruit. It is a dry-climate cactus, and the key to growing it is full sun and very sparing water.
Opuntia preciadoae is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae, described by Scheinvar et al. in 2018. It is distributed in northern Mexico.
This species is distributed in northeastern and northwestern Mexico, including the states of Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Tamaulipas, growing in coniferous and oak forests.
The local Rarámuri people call it "ronirári". The young cladodes (nopal) are boiled and eaten; the fruits ripen in August and are eaten raw after removing spines and peeling. However, it is recorded that excessive consumption may cause heart discomfort ("mal de corazón").
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Opuntia preciadoae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
