Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000009505

Family: CACTACEAE

Scientific Name: Opuntia nigricans Haw.

Collector: R.E.P.

Country: India

Uses: Baked fruit is used in whooping cough. Mashed up stems are used as poultice to allay inflammation and hot ones are applied to boils to hasten suppuration. Pulp is used in ophthalmia.