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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Opuntia megacantha

Common Name
Tuna

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Inflammation Mexico Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative Hawaii *
Poultice Mexico Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pregnancy Hawaii *