Prickly Pear Fruit

 is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas. It is the fruit from a prickly pear cactus.

Characteristics
Unlike barrel cactus fruit, prickly pear fruit is rather healthy, and doesn't detract from Endurance. Two prickly pears are required to craft a bloatfly slider, and two of them can be squeezed into an empty soda bottle to make some purified water.

Prior to patch 1.2.0.31x, three prickly pear fruits were required to craft a bottle of purified water.

Locations

 * One plant grows outside Nellis Air Force Base, on the east side of the bombed-out town.
 * One plant grows just North of Gibson Scrap Yard, directly North of Old Lady Gibson's garage.
 * Several plants grow near the Mole Rat Ranch.
 * A patch of 4 can be found by traveling directly East from Mole Rat Ranch, in the desert between it and the power line towers.
 * A patch of 3 can be found on the south end of Novac, behind the gas station with the Reloading Bench and Workbench.
 * A patch of 3 can be found to the SE of Novac, just off the highway, between Novac and Clark Field.
 * A patch of 3 can be found outside Harper's Shack.
 * A patch of 4 can be found directly Northwest of the Legion Raid Camp location marker, on the West side of the road towards Ranger Station Charlie
 * 3 plants can be found close to Carlyle St. Clair's house. (East and west along the cliff base.)
 * A massive amount of the fruit can be found growing around in Zion Canyon.
 * One plant can be found in the fenced backyard (southmost side) of the Goodsprings house where Sunny Smiles and Trudy head to for the night. Although it is marked red, as it had to be stolen, no karma is lost when the fruits are picked up.