Cactaceae
Elephantear pricklypear
Opuntia tuna
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Opuntia
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![Elephantear pricklypear: Opuntia galapageia [=megasperma] . Charles Darwin Research Station. Santa Cruz](/plants/opuntia-tuna/photos/0eba77b284d4ecb9-l.webp)
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Turksvy
- Arabic
- تين صبارة, تين شوكي, رقع
- arz
- تونه اوبونتيا
- Chinese
- 金武扇仙人掌, 牙买加仙人掌, 金武扇, 黄花仙人掌
- English
- Elephantear pricklypear
- Hungarian
- Tunakaktusz
Synonyms
- Cactus horridus Salisb.
- Cactus humilis Haw.
- Cactus opuntia var. tuna (L.) DC.
- Cactus polyanthos Sims
- Cactus tuna L.
- Cactus tuna var. flava Sims
- Opuntia coccinea Pfeiff.
- Opuntia flexibilis Pfeiff.
- Opuntia horrida Salm-Dyck ex DC.
- Opuntia humilis Haw.
- Opuntia maidenii Griffiths
- Opuntia megalantha Griffiths
- Opuntia multiflora G.Nicholson
- Opuntia polyantha Haw.
- Opuntia pseudotuna Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia spinaurea Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
- Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis Gentry
- Opuntia tuna var. manse Orcutt
Photos
![Elephantear pricklypear: Opuntia galapageia [=megasperma] . Charles Darwin Research Station. Santa Cruz](/plants/opuntia-tuna/photos/0eba77b284d4ecb9-s.webp)
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Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.