The Prickly Pear Cactus plant produces a delicious fruit in September here in Malta.
They grow wild in the countryside and you can pick freely as many as you like. 
But watch out, they have a lots of thorns. You can also buy them at a green grocery for 45 cents each, then you get them without thorns. The fruit is edible, not too sweet but moist with a flavor similar to honeydew melon.
A tasty fruit here in Malta and when you find them, you know itĀ“s fall.Ā
Tacka vet jag Lingon, och BlƄbƤr, de sticks inte. De bara fƄr ryggen att protestera. DƤremot var bilderna du presenterade fina.
Svante
Tack Svante!
Vilket intressant och vackert inlƤgg.
Kul att fƄ se och lƤsa om vƤxter som inte finns hƤr hemma.
Tack Barbro!
SpƤnnande att se dessa frukter, en ny bekantskap fƶr mig. Vilken lƤskande bild med skeden. Intressant att lƤsa om den.
Tack Eva!
Vilka lƤckra bilder och sĆ„ spƤnnande att de gĆ„r att Ƥta š
Tack Annica!
Helt underbara bilder som alltid hos dig. Ć ja, jag vet att jag har sagt det fƶrut. Just en sĆ„dan kaktus (samt nĆ„gra “kusiner”) “importerade” jag frĆ„n Gran Canaria en gĆ„ng. De levde pĆ„ fƶnsterbƤnken(vinter) respektive pĆ„ balkongen (sommar) i mĆ„nga Ć„r tills jag glƶmde ta in dom nƤr det det blev frost. DĆ„ dog dom allihopa. Har Ƥven Ƥtit denna kaktusfrukt som var helt okej.
Minns det… š
Looks very tasty. I didn’t know, they are edible. I saw similar ones on Zakynthos and Madeira.
They are tasty š Thanks for your comment Awa!
Inte visste jag att man kunde Ƥta dem. VƤrt att prova en dag. š
Gƶr det, de finns vƤl Ƥven i Spanien š
Taggig, men ack sƄ vacker.
What a cool post! I lived in Arizona for years, so know the prickly pear! And yes! Those thorns can hurt! Beautiful picture of the fruit. I had no idea they taste like honeydew melon. They grow as well where we live now. We’ll have to try some this fall. š Thanks and Cheers!
Thanks for your comment, for sure you have to try this special fruit š
Det gillar jag att en taggig vƤxt levererar en visserligen taggig men lƤcker frukt. Ser vƤldigt gott ut pƄ den sista, underbar snygga bilden.
Tack Kristallina fƶr alltid sƄ fina kommentarer!
TƤnk sĆ„ olika det Ƥr i vƤrlden, vad som anses vara hƶstfrukter. Jag skulle inte tƤnka pĆ„ kaktusfrukter nƤr det blir tal om hƶst! š
Nej, nu Ƥr det ju svamptid och vackra hƶstlƶv dƤrhemma š Tack fƶr din kommentar Malin!
LƤnge sen jag Ć„t ett kaktusfikon. De Ƥr jƤttegoda fast man fĆ„r akta sig …
De Ƥr lƤckra kaktusfrukterna. VƤldigt snygg den sista bilden š
Tack Claes!
I once put some prickly cactus fruit in a smoothie to mix things up a bit! Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed going to Malta with my family years ago. I have a poetry blog here on WordPress and today’s poem is a lighthearted one about cacti in case you have time to look? Have a sunny day, Sam š
Thank for your kind comment Sam!!
Hey š The fruit of the Prickly Pear is really tasty! I am using the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica to purify water for a school project! If you want to know more about the project, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUtIgPz_uk
If you like it, please leave a like on the video. The project is competing in a contests and we need a lot of likes to get to the next phase. Thanks! š
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