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Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus) in the family Cactaceae [1] and is the most cultivated species in the genus. It is used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop – the pitahaya or dragon fruit .
Selenicereus undatus and Selenicereus triangularis are widely cultivated in the Americas, Europe and Asia for their fruits, known as pitayas or pitahayas in Spanish, and as dragon fruits in Asia. The fruit of Selenicereus setaceus is eaten in South America.
Dragon fruit sold in a market in Chiayi, Taiwan. A pitaya (/ p ɪ ˈ t aɪ. ə /) or pitahaya (/ ˌ p ɪ t ə ˈ h aɪ. ə /) is the fruit of several cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador.
Selenicereus monacanthus, formerly Hylocereus monacanthus. Hylocereus is a former genus of epiphytic cacti, often referred to as night-blooming cactus (though the term is also used for many other cacti).
Hylocereus undatus Selenicereus grandiflorus Night-blooming cereus in full bloom in late-August. Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night.
Selenicereus was expanded to include part of Weberocereus and the whole of Hylocereus, which was nested within it. Strophocactus wittii, which had been included in Selenicereus, was excluded from the Hylocereeae altogether, along with the genus Deamia, containing two species that had been placed in either Strophocactus or Selenicereus.
Selenicereus megalanthus, synonym Hylocereus megalanthus, [1] is a cactus species in the genus Selenicereus that is native to northern South America, where it is known, along with its fruit, by the name of pitahaya.
Selenicereus spinulosus; U. Selenicereus undatus This page was last edited on 11 March 2021, at 16:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...