Opuntia ficus-indica
naturalizedCactaceae

Opuntia ficus-indica

Indian fig opuntia

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Opuntia ficus-indica is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. It is thought probably to have originated in Mexico. Some of the common English names for the plant and its fruit are Indian fig opuntia, Barbary fig, cactus pear, spineless cactus, and prickly pear, although this last name has also been applied to other less common Opuntia species. In...

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Seasonality

Only 14 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Controlling Opuntia ficus-indica

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    Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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    Where documented · 62 ahupuaʻa
    documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 287 records
    Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 63 · GBIF 91 ✓
    Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 27 ✓
    Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 17 ✓
    Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 15 ✓
    Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 10 ✓
    Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
    Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 10 ✓
    Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
    Honokahua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
    Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
    Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
    Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
    Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
    Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
    Mohopilo · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
    Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
    Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
    Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
    Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
    Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    ʻŌhikilolo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Paʻawili · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Kaiholena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Lanikepu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
    Kamao · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓