Andrew Posted April 28, 2000 Giday I have a small amount of edible prickly pear seeds if any one is interested in trading.Not sure if they are opuntia tuna or opuntia ficus-indica but they produce a large sweet red edible fruit about 100 mm. long.Possibly illegal to cultivate in N.S.W. see ya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Dunkel Posted April 28, 2000 I seem to remember that some opuntia species have small amounts of phenylethylamines like mescaline in there flesh (not fruit). Do you know if your prickly pears contain any? E D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Posted April 28, 2000 Hi Ed Sorry but I have no idea of the pharmocology of this plant except I think the paddles(leaves/branches)called nopal have some medicinal uses in south America.see ya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Dunkel Posted April 28, 2000 That's alright as I just found the page where it was on Try this page: http://users.lycaeum.org/~iamklaus/opuntia.htm And here is the source(?) page: http://users.lycaeum.org/~iamklaus/cactindx.htm I knew a little bit of work would get me there E D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites