Marioalbertina's Fotothing

This plant, now known as Mediterranean one, truth is of South American origins, imported from the first Spanish settlers in the sixteenth century.
Floor of the family of "Cactus", thorny, lives in places sunny and dry.
It produces edible fruits, the size of an egg, sweet and grainy, consumed throughout the Mediterranean basin.
Very showy and beautiful flowers, normally yellow but sometimes even red.

Vulgar Italian name: Fico d' India.
Scientific name: Opuntia ficus-indica.
Family: Cactaceae.
Origin: South-America.
Resort: Bonassola (SP) Italy.
Flowering: April - July.