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are all? cactus fruit edible
Re: are all? cactus fruit edible
Just want to say - don’t try to eat a cactus fruit because you think all fleshy cactus fruit are technically edible, I’m not sure if that’s true. Both me and my spouse tried a very small part of a Rhodocactus grandifolius fruit and both got a very uncomfortable tightening of the throat and nausea just from a tiny piece. I’m guessing it could cause a medical emergency if more was eaten by making it difficult to breathe.
Re: are all? cactus fruit edible
Interesting.. Did you harvested it from your own plant?
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Re: are all? cactus fruit edible
Llifle online Encyclopedia says following:
"Fruit: 4-10 cm long, red, green or (usually) yellow coloured pear-shaped and more or less triangular. This fruit is a curious proliferating structure, bearing 3-4 cm long leaves, which ultimately fall away, looking more part of the stems than actual fruits. Several may seeded fruit are attached at a single peduncle. It smells good and is considered by some edible only at full ripening (otherwise it is very astringent)."
Maybe the fruit you tasted wasn't ripe yet?
"Fruit: 4-10 cm long, red, green or (usually) yellow coloured pear-shaped and more or less triangular. This fruit is a curious proliferating structure, bearing 3-4 cm long leaves, which ultimately fall away, looking more part of the stems than actual fruits. Several may seeded fruit are attached at a single peduncle. It smells good and is considered by some edible only at full ripening (otherwise it is very astringent)."
Maybe the fruit you tasted wasn't ripe yet?
Re: are all? cactus fruit edible
Ossy96, yes it was from a plant in my yard.
Nino_G, thanks for that, I couldn’t find any mention of the edibility beforehand. It’s possible it wasn’t ripe, it did fall off the plant naturally before I tried eating it, not sure if some plants fruits don’t get ripe until after they fall off. I doubt I will risk trying to eat it again though.
Nino_G, thanks for that, I couldn’t find any mention of the edibility beforehand. It’s possible it wasn’t ripe, it did fall off the plant naturally before I tried eating it, not sure if some plants fruits don’t get ripe until after they fall off. I doubt I will risk trying to eat it again though.