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Fresh ripe dragon fruit in Vietnam. Sweet pitayas come in three types, all with leathery, slightly leafy skin: [3]: 215–216 Selenicereus undatus (Pitaya blanca or white-fleshed pitaya, also known as Hylocereus undatus) has pink-skinned fruit with white flesh. This is the most commonly seen "dragon fruit".
Prickly pear fruit for sale at a market, Zacatecas, Mexico This is a list [1] of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.. Acanthocereus tetragonus, the sword pear,; Browningia candelaris, [2]
Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. [3] O. ficus-indica is the most widespread and most commercially important cactus.
A flea-beetle (Phenrica guerini), a leaf-mining moth (Epipagis cambogialis), and a stem-wilter, (Catorhintha schaffneri), feed on the leaves.[5]Although Pereskia aculeata is edible and of high nutrition quality, being an alternative to conventional food, this plant is a declared weed in South Africa where it does extensive damage to forest areas by smothering indigenous trees.
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Leucostele terscheckii contains > 0.005-0.025% mescaline [6] in fresh cactus and 0.01%-2.375% [7] mescaline in dry weight, so dried cactus is sometimes processed for mescaline hydrochloride. References
Fouquieria splendens (commonly known as ocotillo / ɒ k ə ˈ t iː j oʊ / (Latin American Spanish:), but also referred to as buggywhip, coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus) is a plant indigenous to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Desert in the Southwestern United States (southern California, southern ...
Selenicereus costaricensis, synonym Hylocereus costaricensis, known as the Costa Rican pitahaya or Costa Rica nightblooming cactus, is a cactus species native to Central America and north-eastern South America. [1] The species is grown commercially for its fruit, called pitaya or pitahaya, but is also an impressive ornamental vine with huge ...