Obregonia

Obregonia

Opunita

Several species from this large Genus is used as an add-mixture to ayahuasca by several South American Indian tribes. A common type of Cacti, it grows naturally from Southern Canada, in the North, to the strait of Magellan in the South and has spread through introduction all over the world.

This species is separated into two distinct forms, the prickly pear type, ( pad shaped stems with no spines, has Glochida ) and the Cholla type, (cylindrical sections joined together in links, with large spines). Can be used as a base plant for grafting Peyote. There are over 160 known species of Opunita.

Prickly Pear

cactus is one of our favorites. Both pads (leafs) and fruit are edible and lend themselves to numerous recipes. The pads, once the spines are removed, can be sauteed whole in olive oil, and make a fine main dish (add in garlic, mushroom, olives, tomato). The pads can also be chopped and added to egg dishes, bread, and casseroles. We recently made cactus ice cream with young green pads The fruit (yellow, orange, or red), can be eaten "as is" (we cut them in half, and carefully scoop out the soft inside. Make a fruit puree, then freeze it for later use in bread, juices, ice cream, and pies.

Opunita acanthocarpa -

Contains: mescaline, 3-4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, 4-hydroxy-3-5-dimethoxyphenethylamine.

Opunita aurantiaca -

Contains: hordenine (.014%)

Opunita basilaris -

Opunita bergeriana -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita bigelovii -

Opunita brasiliensis -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids. Native to

Opunita chlorolica -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita clavata -

Contains: tyramine, hordenine, N-methyltyramine.

Opunita cochinellifera -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita comonduensis -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita compressa -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita curvospina -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita cylindrica -

Contains: mescaline (0.9%)

Native to Equador and Peru, where it grows in sandy or gravel soil.

Opunita decumana -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita dillenii -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita echinocarpa -

Contains: mescaline (.01%), 3-4-dimethoxyphenethylamine (.01%), 4-hydroxy-3-5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (.01%).

Opunita elatior -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita erinacea -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids. Native to

Opunita exaltata -

Contains: 3-4-dimethoxyphenethylamine, 4-hydroxy-3-5-dimethoxyphenethylamine.

Opunita fiscus-barbarica -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita fiscus-indica -

Opunita fragilis -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita fulgida -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita hickenii -

Contains: candicine.

Opunita humifusa -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita hyptiacantha -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita imbricata -

Contains: mescaline, 3-methoxytyramine, 3-4-dimethoxy-phenethylamine, tyramine.

Native from Southwestern USA to Mexico.

Opunita inermis -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita invicta -

Contains: mescaline, tyramine, N-methyltyramine.

Opunita kleiniae -

Contains: tyramine, N-methyltyramine.

Opunita leptocaulis - Opunita lindheimeri -

Opunita littoralis -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita maldonandensis -

Contains: hordenine (.01%).

Opunita maxima -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita megacantha -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita microdasys -

Opunita pachypus -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita phaeacantha -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita polyacantha -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita ramosissima -

Contains: 3-4-dimethoxyphenethylamine.

Opunita retrosa -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita schottii -

Contains: hordenine (.05%), tyramine , N-methyltyramine (02%).

Opunita soehrensii -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita spinosior -

Native from the southwestern U.S.A. to Mexico.

Contains: mescaline (.00004%), 3-methoxytyramine (.001%), tyramine (.002%), 3-4-dimethoxyphenethylamine.

Opunita stanlyi -

Contains: tyramine, N-methyltyramine (.05%).

Opunita streptacantha -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita stricta -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita subulata -

Contains: 3-methoxytyramine.

Opunita versicolor -

Contains: hordenine, tyramine, N-methyltyramine.

Opunita. violacea -

Reported to contain unspecified alkaloids.

Opunita. vulgaris -

Contains: hordenine (.01%).

Opunita whipplei -

Contains: 3-4-dimethoxyphenethylamine.