Table 1.

Species of cacti and their traditional use in human nutrition.

Species	Edible Part	Traditional Use
Opuntia fícus-indica Opuntia cochenillifera	Cladodes	As a vegetable in salads, jelly, flour, or extracts
	Fruits	Consumption of fresh pulp, jelly, and beverage
	Flowers	Extracts used in folk medicine
Cereus peruvianus Cereus jamacaru Cereus hilmanianus	Cladodes	Extracts used in folk medicine
	Fruits and seeds	Consumed fresh or in culinary preparations
Pilosocereus gounellei Pilosocereus pachycladus	Cladodes	As a vegetable in salads, jelly, flour, or extracts
	Fruits	Consumed fresh or in culinary preparations
Hylocereus undatus	Fruits	Consumed fresh or in culinary preparations
	Flowers	Extracts used in folk medicine
Selenicereus grandifloras	Fruits	Consumed fresh or in culinary preparations
Stenocereus thurberi
Tacinga inamoena