Irr. Barrel Cactus

The  is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Aesthetically identical to Barrel Cactus Fruit, with a generous dose of warm radiation.

Locations
Aprox. 6 can be found in the Camp Searchlight Fire Department Building, upstairs in the kitchen in a crate on the shelves. All the food in there is irradiated except what's in the two refrigerators.

Uses
Like all irradiated consumables this cannot be used in recipes, rendering it almost completely useless. With Survival at 50 you'll take -2 to Endurance. Considering Minor Radiation Poisoning gives -1 Endurance one might think twice before eating, or even picking these up. Because one will probably have fought a Radscorpion queen to get upstairs the Fire station, a considerable beating to the player could make these useful, albeit the radiation forcing use of more RadAway. The Irradiated Potato would be a more economic alternative.