Uses for Cacti
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Uses for Cacti
Hi guys, interesting subject.
One or two to start the ball rolling:
1. Ariocarpus, which are now threatened with extinction in the wild were dug up by goatherds and the juicy flesh was eaten as sweets.
2. The ripe fruits of the prickly pear are used to make jam.
3. On the high plains of Bolivia Neowerdermannia vorwerkii are cooked and eaten in the same way as potatoes.
4. The sweet-sour flesh of Ferocactus wislizeni are candied in a sugar solution and made into sweets.
5. The indians of Northern Mexico used Stenocereus gummosus to catch fish. They crushed the stems and threw them into the water to release the toxic sap. This stupified the fish, they floated to the top and could be scooped out by hand.
One or two to start the ball rolling:
1. Ariocarpus, which are now threatened with extinction in the wild were dug up by goatherds and the juicy flesh was eaten as sweets.
2. The ripe fruits of the prickly pear are used to make jam.
3. On the high plains of Bolivia Neowerdermannia vorwerkii are cooked and eaten in the same way as potatoes.
4. The sweet-sour flesh of Ferocactus wislizeni are candied in a sugar solution and made into sweets.
5. The indians of Northern Mexico used Stenocereus gummosus to catch fish. They crushed the stems and threw them into the water to release the toxic sap. This stupified the fish, they floated to the top and could be scooped out by hand.
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OK, a geat idea to have this forum:
1.-Prickley pear juice is still used in mexico for mix with lime for make a natural and durable white paint.
2.-There are a lot of cacti fruit that natives use to eat (pitayas and tunas) and still are consumed.
3.-Some native in America use to make sacrifice using agave?s thorn as needles.
4.-Agaves, Prickley pear, columnar cacti (As Stenocereus), and ocotillo (Fouqueria)has been used for make live fences.
5.-Huichol and Tarahumara people consider peyote (Lophophora) as the link with God in earth.
Beverages:
6.-Sotol from Dasiliryon sp.
7.-Pulque from more than six Agave species
8.-Bacanora from Agave angustifolia
9.-Raicilla from Agave maximiliana
10.-Mezcal from anyother Agave in M?xic
1.-Prickley pear juice is still used in mexico for mix with lime for make a natural and durable white paint.
2.-There are a lot of cacti fruit that natives use to eat (pitayas and tunas) and still are consumed.
3.-Some native in America use to make sacrifice using agave?s thorn as needles.
4.-Agaves, Prickley pear, columnar cacti (As Stenocereus), and ocotillo (Fouqueria)has been used for make live fences.
5.-Huichol and Tarahumara people consider peyote (Lophophora) as the link with God in earth.
Beverages:
6.-Sotol from Dasiliryon sp.
7.-Pulque from more than six Agave species
8.-Bacanora from Agave angustifolia
9.-Raicilla from Agave maximiliana
10.-Mezcal from anyother Agave in M?xic
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Agave americana
The sap is antiseptic, diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Agave+americana
Aloe vera internally
The plant is emmenagogue, emollient, laxative, purgative, stimulant, stomachic, tonic, vermifuge and vulnerary
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Aloe+vera
quite a few opuntia uses
http://www.pfaf.org/database/latin.php?LAT=O
and Euphorbias
http://www.pfaf.org/database/latin.php?LAT=E
couple more good sites
http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/Botanicals.html
http://www.swsbm.com/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html
The sap is antiseptic, diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Agave+americana
Aloe vera internally
The plant is emmenagogue, emollient, laxative, purgative, stimulant, stomachic, tonic, vermifuge and vulnerary
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Aloe+vera
quite a few opuntia uses
http://www.pfaf.org/database/latin.php?LAT=O
and Euphorbias
http://www.pfaf.org/database/latin.php?LAT=E
couple more good sites
http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/Botanicals.html
http://www.swsbm.com/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html
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I found some more on the net:
Selenicereus grandiflorus is used in the preparation of drugs which have a spasmolytic effect on the coronary vessels and promote blood circulation.
Selenicereus megalanthus contains the heart tonic captine.
Hylocereus undatus fruit has been used to combat anaemia.
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/newslett/ncn11163.htm
Echinopsis chiloensis - (Quiska)
Chilean cactus used in the manufacture of rainsticks.
Ferocactus hamatacanthus - (Texas Barrel Cactus)
Juicy, brown fruit is used as lemons and limes.
Lophocereus schottii - (Senita)
Stem processed into drugs to fight cancer and diabetes.
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum - (Hairbrush Cactus)
Indians used the bur-like fruit of this cactus as a hairbrush.
http://www.cactusmuseum.com/uses.asp
Selenicereus grandiflorus is used in the preparation of drugs which have a spasmolytic effect on the coronary vessels and promote blood circulation.
Selenicereus megalanthus contains the heart tonic captine.
Hylocereus undatus fruit has been used to combat anaemia.
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/newslett/ncn11163.htm
Echinopsis chiloensis - (Quiska)
Chilean cactus used in the manufacture of rainsticks.
Ferocactus hamatacanthus - (Texas Barrel Cactus)
Juicy, brown fruit is used as lemons and limes.
Lophocereus schottii - (Senita)
Stem processed into drugs to fight cancer and diabetes.
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum - (Hairbrush Cactus)
Indians used the bur-like fruit of this cactus as a hairbrush.
http://www.cactusmuseum.com/uses.asp
Security & cactus
Hi,
I'm new to forum & wonder if anyone has advice on fastest growing cactus (oxymoron?) to grow in Albuquerque, NM for security against a north facing fence.
My daughter just got burglarized & is asking my advice. I think any large bed of short cacti will do for the fence itself but wonder if there is a branching type to grow up & across the top of the gate. Water is so precious here, she prefers not to grow roses.
There is pyrcantha but she'd like cacti if feasible.
Will any cactus grow in a window box if she attached it to the inside part of gate?
Thanks!
I'm new to forum & wonder if anyone has advice on fastest growing cactus (oxymoron?) to grow in Albuquerque, NM for security against a north facing fence.
My daughter just got burglarized & is asking my advice. I think any large bed of short cacti will do for the fence itself but wonder if there is a branching type to grow up & across the top of the gate. Water is so precious here, she prefers not to grow roses.
There is pyrcantha but she'd like cacti if feasible.
Will any cactus grow in a window box if she attached it to the inside part of gate?
Thanks!
Chappy
Well it's sounds like you need something with nasty spines and Opuntia (prickly pear) and Cylindropuntia (cholla) has some of the most vicious spines.
Opuntias and Cylindropuntia can grow fairly fast. They would offer some protection and the opuntias could be grown in a window box. ThSome Cylindropuntias can grow the height your talking about for above the gate but I wouldn't walk under it
Opuntias and Cylindropuntia can grow fairly fast. They would offer some protection and the opuntias could be grown in a window box. ThSome Cylindropuntias can grow the height your talking about for above the gate but I wouldn't walk under it
Bill
If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it
If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it