
Family
• Cactaceae
Dilang-baka
Nopalea cochinellifera (Linn.) Salm-Dyck
WOOLY JOINT PRICKLY PEAR
| Scientific names | Common names |
| Cactus cochinellifera Linn. | Abakus (Bon.) |
| Opuntia cochinellifera (L.) P. Mill. | Dapal (Bis.) |
| Cactus opuntia Blanco | Dila-dila (Ilk.) |
| Opuntia ficus-indica Usteri | Dilang-baka (Tag.) |
| Nopalea cochinellifera (Linn.) Salm-Dyck | Nopal (Bik.) |
| Palad (Bik.) | |
| Cochineal cactus (Engl.) | |
| Cochineal nopal cactus (Engl.) | |
| Prickly pear (Engl.) | |
| Velvet opuntia (Engl.) | |
| Wooly joint prickly pear (Engl.) | |
| Dila-dila is a shared common name by different species of plants: (1) Onychium siliculosum: Buhok-virgin (Tag.); dila-dila (Tag) (2) Nopalea cochinellifera: Dila-dila (Ilk.); dilang baka (Tag.) (3) Elephantus scaber: Dila-dila (Tag.), kabkabron (Ilk.); prickly leaved elephant's food (Engl.) (4) Pseudoelephantopus spicatus: Dila-dila (Tag.); dilang-aso (Tag.) Kabkaron (Ilk.) | |
| Also, close variations and use of "dila" for other plants further add to the confusion and difficulty in the list of common names: Dila-dila (Spilanthes acmella); Dilang aso (P. spicatus); Dilang-baka (N. Cochinellifera); Dilang-boaia, dilang-halo (Aloe vera); Dilang-butiki (Dentella repens); Dilang-butiki (Hedyotis philippensis); Dilang-usa (Trichodesma zeylanicum); and Dildila (Cordyline roxyburghiana). | |

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Last Updated December 2011
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