Pricky pear; Indian fig; Barbary fig

Fruit the size of a goose egg. This fruit has to be handled very carefully because of the tiny prickles on the skin. Depending on the variety, they can be rounded or enlongated, green, yellow or orange inside. The flesh is granulated, both sweet and bitter at the same time, juicy and refreshing, with a gelatinous consistency sprinkled with small seeds. It is similar in aroma to the pear or the watermelon.