RE: Fruits of the season_check out the health benefits of these fruits by Ramadalla123

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Fruits of the season_check out the health benefits of these fruits by Ramadalla123

in hive-167622 •  3 years ago 

Beautiful review. The prickly pear interests me. Am wondering why they have thorns on their body. Seems like they don't want to be eaten. Anyways I'll research about that. Nice entry you have here.

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The main reason is that this fruit belongs to the cacti family that lives in dry environments, so its leaves have turned into thorns and even on the fruit in order to help it excrete water in a process called transpiration