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It is used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop – the pitahaya or dragon fruit. [3] Like all true cacti, the genus originates in the Americas, S. undatus is originates from Mexico to Honduras; [4] it may be a hybrid. It is most frequently attributed to the island of Martinique in the West Indies. [5]
The species is grown commercially for its yellow fruit, but is also an impressive ornamental climbing vine with perhaps the largest flowers of all cacti. The yellow skinned fruit of S. megalanthus has thorns, unlike the green, red or yellow skinned dragon fruits of S. undatus, S. monacanthus and their cultivated hybrids.
Pitaya usually refers to fruit of the genus Stenocereus, while pitahaya or dragon fruit refers to fruit of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus), both in the family Cactaceae. [3] The common name in English – dragon fruit – derives from the leather-like skin and scaly spikes on the fruit exterior.
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).
Melicoccus bijugatus is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalized across the New World tropics including South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. Its stone-bearing fruits, commonly called quenepa, ‘’’kenèp’’’ or guinep, are edible.
Flowering is in June to July; after this, the male portion falls off, leaving the female portion to form a fruit head maturing into the familiar brown sausage-shaped spike. The seed heads persist through the winter, and then gradually break up in spring to release the tiny seeds embedded in hairs which assist with wind dispersal.
The beach stretches for ten kilometers in length. It is situated at the 112-kilometer mark. A popular tourist attraction for its rocky coastal views, the area is well known for its long footbridge in the shape of a sea dragon that connects the coast to the largest island. [2] It appears on a map dated 1755 as "Sansana". [3]
Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal in the village Agadir Ougjgal near Tiznit, Morocco. Dracaena draco is an evergreen long lived tree capable of exceeding 15 m (49 ft) in height and having a trunk of 5 m (16 ft) or more in circumference, starting with a smooth bark that evolves to a more rough texture as it ages. [8]