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  • They have a thick, leathery peel dotted with areolas (colored rings, generally at the base of spines in cacti) loaded with irritating glochids.

    Nopales, tunas and pitayas 2007

  • The glochids are tiny, nearly microscopic spines with barbs.

    Nopales, tunas and pitayas 2007

  • They have a thick, leathery peel dotted with areolas (colored rings, generally at the base of spines in cacti) loaded with irritating glochids.

    Nopales, tunas and pitayas 2007

  • The glochids are tiny, nearly microscopic spines with barbs.

    Nopales, tunas and pitayas 2007

  • Come learn how to harvest opuntia cactus fruits and extract the juice without turning your hands into a "porcupine" of painful glochids and cactus spines.

    Desert News 2009

  • Come learn how to harvest opuntia cactus fruits and extract the juice without turning your hands into a "porcupine" of painful glochids and cactus spines.

    Desert News 2009

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