You can eat up to 7 to 8 cactus fruits at one time.
Cactus is a plant of the genus Cactus in the family Cactaceae.
Cacti are clumps of succulent shrubs, 1.5 to 3 meters high. The upper branches are broadly obovate, obovate-elliptic or nearly round, 10 to 35 cm long, 7.5 to 20 cm wide, and 1.2 to 2 cm thick. The apex is rounded, the edges are usually irregularly wavy, and the base is wedge-shaped or attenuate. , green to blue-green, hairless; the burrows are sparse, 0.2 to 0.9 cm in diameter, obviously protruding, the thorns often thicken and increase as they grow, each burrow has 3 to 10 thorns, densely covered with short wool and barbed setae. ; The spines are yellow, with light brown horizontal stripes, thick diamond-shaped, somewhat spread and inwardly curved, the base is flat, hard, 1.2 to 4 cm long, 1 to 1.5 mm wide; barbed setae are dark brown, 2 to 5 mm long, upright , somewhat persistent; short wooly gray, shorter than barbed setae, persistent. Leaves are diamond-shaped, 4 to 6 mm long, green, and fall early.
The flowers are radial, 5 to 6.5 cm in diameter; the receptacle is obovate, 3.3 to 3.5 cm long, 1.7 to 2.2 cm in diameter, the top is truncate and sunken, the base is attenuated, green, with sparsely prominent small nests. , the small burrows have short wooly hairs, barbed setae and subulate spines; the calyx-like tepals are broadly obovate to narrowly obovate, 10 to 25 mm long, 6 to 12 mm wide, with an acute or rounded apex, with a small tip. , yellow, with a green middle rib; the petal-like tepals are obovate or spatulate-obovate, 25 to 30 mm long, 12 to 23 mm wide, the apex is rounded, truncate or slightly concave, and the edges are entire or lightly dented; The filaments are light yellow, 9 to 11 mm long; the anthers are about 1.5 mm long, yellow; the styles are 11 to 18 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter, light yellow; the stigmas are 5, 4.5 to 5 mm long, yellowish white.
The berries are obovoid, with a concave top, and the base is more or less narrowed into a handle, 4 to 6 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm in diameter, smooth and hairless on the surface, purplish red, with 5 to 10 berries on each side. Protruding burrows with short woolly hairs, barbed setae and subulate spines.
The seeds are mostly oblate, 4 to 6 mm long, 4 to 4.5 mm wide, and about 2 mm thick. The edges are slightly irregular, hairless, and light yellowish brown. The flowering period is from June to October.
Cactus berries are sweet and sour and are edible. Cactus fruits are fragrant, sweet, tender and juicy, and are generally eaten fresh. In Mexico and other places, the fresh fruits are also processed into cans or alcoholic beverages. Honey and fresh milk ice cubes can also be added to make juice, and the ice cream has a better flavor. .