Opuntia matudae, with edible acidic peel, high productivity, late season. Origin: Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico by N.A. Gallegos-Luevano. Selected from wild population of crasicaule scrub; tested as O-339; selected 2010; CNVV (Mexican National Catalog of Plant Varieties): XOC-013-031111; Nov. 2011. Tree: Fruit: small, 81.55 g; obovate; scar of receptacle moderately sunken, 5.7 mm; external coloration uneven green with reddish tonalities at maturity; internal peel red with greenish tonalities, thickness 11.5 mm, typical of xoconostles; high ratio of internal peel weight to total weight, 81.67%; acidic, pH 3.14; funiculus pink, dry, and insipid, 6.92 °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 obovate, light green; areolas grey; 3 spines in the areola; central spine short, 11.1 mm, erect, white, smooth and flexible.
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