List of edible cacti
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This is a list[1] of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.
- Acanthocereus tetragonus - sword pear
- Browningia candelaris[2]
- Carnegiea gigantea - saguaro
- Cereus repandus - hedge cactus
- Cochemiea
- Corryocactus
- C. brevistylis
- C. erectus
- C. pulquiensis
- Coryphantha - beehive cacti
- C. recurvata
- C. robbinsorum
- Disocactus anguliger - zig zag cactus (grows edible fruit with a taste similar to kiwifruit)
- Echinocereus - strawberry cacti or hedgehog cacti
- E. bonkerae - short-spined strawberry cactus
- E. boyce-thompsonii
- E. brandegeei
- E. cinerascens
- E. dasyacanthus - spiny hedgehog cactus
- E. engelmannii - strawberry hedgehog cactus
- E. enneacanthus
- E. fasciculatus - pinkflower hedgehog cactus
- E. fendleri - Fendler's hedgehog cactus
- E. ledingii
- E. nicholii
- E. stramineus - pitaya
- Echinopsis
- Epiphyllum - orchid cacti
- Epithelantha (the fruit of all species said to be edible)
- Eulychnia
- Ferocactus
- F. hamatacanthus - Turk's head
- F. histrix - borrachito
- F. latispinus - pocha
- Harrisia - prickly applecacti
- H. aboriginum - west-coast prickly apple
- H. adscendens
- H. balansae
- H. eriophora
- H. fragrans - fragrant prickly apple
- H. martinii[3] - Martin applecactus
- H. pomanensis
- H. simpsonii - Simpson's applecactus
- Leucostele
- L. atacamensis - cardón
- L. nigripilis - sea-urchin cactus
- Lophocereus schottii - senita cactus
- Mammillaria - nipple cacti or birthday cake cacti
- M. applanata
- M. lasiacantha - golf-ball pincushion cactus
- M. meiacantha
- M. microcarpa
- M. oliviae
- Other species
- Maihuenia - maihuén
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans - garambulos (taste like less-acidic cranberries)
- Neowerdermannia vorwerkii - achakana
- Opuntia - pricklypear cacti
- O. basilaris[4][5] - beavertail pricklypair
- O. engelmannii - desert pricklypear
- O. ficus-indica - Indian fig opuntia
- O. fragilis[6] - little pricklypear
- O. matudae - xoconostle
- Pachycereus
- P. pringlei - cardón
- P. weberi - candelabro
- Peniocereus
- P. greggii - Arizona Queen of the Night
- P. johnstonii
- P. serpentinus
- Pereskia
- P. aculeata - Barbados gooseberry
- P. guamacho
- Selenicereus - moonlight cacti (produce fruits known as pitahaya or dragonfruit)
- S. costaricensis - red-fleshed pitahaya
- S. megalanthus - yellow pitahaya
- S. undatus - white-fleshed pitahaya
- Stenocereus (produce fruits known as pitaya)
- S. fricii - pitayo de aguas
- S. griseus - pitayo de Mayo
- S. gummosus - pitaya agria
- S. montanus - pitaya colorada
- S. pruinosus - pitayo de Octubre
- S. queretaroensis - pitaya de queretaro
- S. standleyi - pitaya marismena
- S. stellatus - xoconostle
- S. thurberi - organ pipe cactus, pitayo dulce
- S. treleasi - tunillo
