Tuna Gallery

Springtime landscape of flowers, olive trees and giant prickly pear cactus, Marrakech, Morocco

Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. Prickly pears typically grow with flat, rounded cladodes (also called platyclades) armed with two kinds of spines, large, smooth, fixed spines and small, hairlike prickles called glochids, that easily penetrate skin and detach from the plant. The fruit of prickly pears, commonly called cactus fruit, cactus fig, Indian fig, nopales or tuna in Spanish, is edible, although it must be peeled carefully to remove the small spines on the outer skin before consumption. If the outer layer is not properly removed, glochids can be ingested, causing discomfort of the throat, lips, and tongue, as the small spines are easily lodged in the skin

© Brenda Tharp / DanitaDelimont.com

Aerial view, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA

Aerial view of Avalon Bay and surrounding area, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. With annotations showing Casino Ballroom and Theatre, Submarine Gardens and Seal Colony, Villa Park, Hotel Atwater, Island Villa, Golf Course, Country Club, Bird Park, Tuna Club, Chimes Tower, Yacht Club, and Hotel St Catherine. Date: 1939

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

Adobe Wall and Wooden Door with Flowering cactus in Oaxaca

Vintage door on Adobe Facade. Wooden front door of a home. Front view of a weathered Oaxaca adobe brick house with a flowering prickly pear cactus in front. Horizontal shot

© 2016 Charles Harker

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