Sunbeam on Prickly Pear, Linosa Islands, Italy

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The most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia (O. ficus-indica). Most culinary uses of the term "prickly pear" refer to this species. Prickly pears are also known as tuna (fruit) or nopal (paddle, plural nopales) from the Nahuatl word nōpalli for the pads, or nostle, from the Nahuatl word nōchtli for the fruit; or paddle cactus.

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Location: Linosa. Lampedusa e Linosa. Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
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