About Night-blooming Cereus
Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus) in the family Cactaceae 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. Like all true cacti, the genus originates in the Americas. S. undatus is native from Mexico to Honduras; it may be a hybrid.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Selenicereus undatus
- Genus
- Selenicereus
- Family
- CACTACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Cactaceae
Cactus family
Night-blooming Cereus belongs to the Cactaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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