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  2. Opuntia ficus-indica - Wikipedia

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    Opuntia maxima Mill. Opuntia paraguayensis K.Schum. Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. [3] O. ficus-indica is the most widespread and most commercially ...

  3. Zanthoxylum americanum - Wikipedia

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    Zanthoxylum americanum, the common prickly-ash, common pricklyash, common prickly ash or northern prickly-ash (also sometimes called toothache tree, yellow wood, or suterberry), is an aromatic shrub or small tree native to central and eastern portions of the United States and Canada. It is the northernmost New World species in the citrus family ...

  4. Opuntia - Wikipedia

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    Tunas Lunell. and see text. Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers. [ 1 ] Cacti are well-adapted to aridity; however, they are still vulnerable to alterations in precipitation and temperature driven by climate change ...

  5. Hura crepitans - Wikipedia

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    Another source states that seeds are thrown as far as 45 m (150 ft) from a tree, averaging about 30 m (100 ft). [7] High-speed video analysis of its exploding fruit revealed that Hura crepitans seeds fly with backspin [9] as opposed to topspin, which was previously assumed. [7] Backspin helps seeds remain oriented to minimize their drag during ...

  6. Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - Wikipedia

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    L. Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, the Hercules' club, Hercules-club, pepperwood, or southern prickly ash, is a spiny tree or shrub native to the southeastern United States. It grows to 10–17 m tall and has distinctive spined thick, corky lumps 2–3 cm long on the bark. The leaves are glabrous and leathery, [2] pinnately compound, 20–30 cm ...

  7. Zanthoxylum piperitum - Wikipedia

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    Zanthoxylum piperitum. (L.) DC. Zanthoxylum piperitum, also known as Japanese pepper or Japanese prickly-ash, is a deciduous aromatic spiny shrub or small tree of the citrus and rue family Rutaceae, native to Japan and Korea. It is called sanshō (山椒) in Japan and chopi (초피) in Korea. Both the leaves and fruits (peppercorns) are used as ...

  8. Euryale ferox - Wikipedia

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    Euryale ferox, commonly known as prickly waterlily, [3] makhana, or Gorgon plant, is a species of water lily found in southern and eastern Asia, and the only extant member of the genus Euryale. The edible seeds, called fox nuts or makhana , are dried, [ a ] and eaten predominantly in Asia.

  9. Zanthoxylum - Wikipedia

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    Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Fruit and foliage Z. piperitum Fruit Z. rhetsa bark in Pakke Tiger Reserve Leafless Z. simulans showing its knobbed bark Z. piperitum as a bonsai. Zanthoxylum is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the family Rutaceae that are native to warm temperate and subtropical areas