Opuntia matudae Scheinvar, with edible acidic peel, high productivity, late season. Origin: Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico by C. Gallegos-Vázquez. Selected from wild population of crasicaule scrub; tested as O-374; selected 2010; CNVV (Mexican National Catalog of Plant Varieties): XOC-012-031111; Nov. 2011. Tree: Fruit: small, 64.11 g; broad obovate to spherical; scar of receptacle moderately sunken, 5.3 mm; external color uniform light green at maturity; internal peel light green, 10.9 mm thick, typical of xoconostle; ratio of internal peel weight to total weight high, 77.55%; acidic, pH 3.03; funiculus light green, dry and insipid,7.04 °Brix; ripens in March, one year after flowering in Zacatecas, central northern Mexico; fruits can remain more than one year after maturation. Plant: small, with bushy growth habit; cladodes broad obovate, light green, with spines in all areolas; areolas show an external red ring as a trait of distinctness; 4-5 spines in the areola; central spine short, 13.5 mm, erect, white, flexible.
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