The nutritional value of sword flower is very high. Through the analysis of nutritional components of the edible cactus plant sword flower, the results showed that the nutritional components of 100 g dried sword flower were: water 9.570 g, protein 1.8 12 g, crude fiber 2.785 g, ash 1.547 g and calcium 9666. In particular, the test and analysis show that the sword flower contains at least 13 amino acids, among which threonine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylpropionic acid and lysine are essential amino acids for human body. For example, the free amino acids per 100ug in the sword flower are aspartic acid 2 10 mg, alanine 165438+42 mg, isoleucine 26 mg, glutamic acid 188 mg, proline 208 mg, phenylalanine 78 mg and serine/kloc-. In addition, it also contains elements such as copper, nitrogen, chromium, cadmium, calcium and zinc. It plays an important role in the human body. Therefore, sword flower has high edible value.