Nopal tapón
Opuntia robusta H.L.Wendl. ex Pfeiff.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- —
Cactaceae
Also called Wheel cactus, Blue-leaf Cactus, Spiny Blue-Leaf Cactus, Blueleaf Prickly Pear
Formerly Opuntia albicans, Opuntia camuessa, Opuntia flavicans, Opuntia gorda, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Nopal camueso, Nopal tapon, Nopal taponochtle
- root
- Tzaponochtli
- Japanese
- オオマルボン（大丸盆）, ダイオウウチワ（大王団扇）, キョウセイウチワ（強性団扇）
- Afrikaans
- Robusta-turksvy, Robusta turksvy
- Russian
- Опунция мощная
- Portuguese
- Palma-azul
- Italian
- Fico d'India robusto
- French
- Oponce robuste
- Catalan
- Figuera de moro rodona
- Finnish
- puuopuntia
- Chinese (China)
- 仙人镜
- Slovak
- opuncia mohutná
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Opuntia robusta (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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