Cactus The cactus is known as the prickly pear, and it is a succulent plant of the prickly pear family, its length ranges between 1.5-3 meters, its stems are transformed into paper stems bearing small fallen leaves, and it has plates or paddles in color between gray and green and covered with thorns, and its fruits are also covered with thorns. A sweet-tasting, odorless plant that grows in the spring. The cactus grows in arid regions, and its origins go back to Mexico, and it can also be found in the United States of America, in the countries of the Mediterranean basin, in South Africa, in Australia, Kenya and Angola. The name cactus or aloe vera is likewise called prickly plants, for example, the genuine aloe that has a place with the lily family, which are desert plants whose trunk is woody and their leaves are meaty surfaces containing the liquid of tolerance. These plants fill in tropical backwoods and the Arabian Peninsula. T...