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Ethnobotanical Plant Opuntia megacantha

Common Name

Tuna

Activities

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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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Inflammation	Mexico	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Laxative	Hawaii	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	Mexico	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pregnancy	Hawaii	Duke, 1992 *