Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten

Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten Makino (1931)

🌵 Author(s)	Tomitarô Makino
🌵 Published in	J. Jap. Bot. 7(4): 6 (1931)

Etymology

Japanese saboten ‘cactus’. One of the Japanese common names for this plant. Makino: “This Cactus is the first introduced by the Dutch (if not, Portuguese) into Nippon, it was formerly brought to Nagasaki, prov. Hizen of Kyûshû, and now can be seen here and there in the warmer parts of this country.”