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Uses current
and potential of the nopalOpuntia ficus indica
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Use |
Used organ |
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Food |
Fresh fruit
Stews
Juices
Fodder
Oil
Honeys
Alcoholic
beverages
Candy |
Fruit
Tender
palette (nopalito)
Fruit
Palette,
seeds
Seeds
Pulp of the
fruit
Fruit
Shell |
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Energy |
Alcohol
Solid fuel |
Fruit
Fruit,
palette |
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Industrial |
Sweetener
Flour
Mucilages
Corrosion
Synthetic
rubber
Dye |
Fruit
Palettes
Palettes
Palettes
Palettes
Red fruit
and flowers
(yellow
pigment) |
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Medicinal |
Diuretic
Due
Calculations
Pressure
regulator
Excess
weight control
Cosmetology |
Flower
Palette
Palette
Palette
Palette
Palette |
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Agronomic |
Erosion
control
Humus
trainer
Fences |
Plant
Plant
Planta |
Fuente : Sudzuki, 1993
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