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Hylocereus trigonus

Botanic Family

Cactaceae

Author

(Haworth) Safford

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C.

Common Names

• Strawberry Pear
• Pitaya
• Pitahaya (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Puerto Rico to Grenada
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Panama
• St. John
• St. Thomas
• Virgin islands
• Antigua
• Barbuda
• Barbados
• Jamaica
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Colombia

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• thickets
• forest edge
• woodland
• scrubland
• forest
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov Jul-Dec (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Nov Jul-Dec (Puerto Rico)

Epiphytic woody vine with aerial roots, brown spines to 4mm long, 3-angled stems, areoles with 1-3 spines to 4mm long. Solitary axillary or terminal nocturnal white flowers to 300mm long, tepals turning yellowish when mature, outer tepals green. 120mm x 70mm red or pink-purple fruit covered in large foliaceous scales.

Flower buds used as vegetable, fruit edible.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Johns 1979
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• NYBG
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• USNH
• SAFIO
• Standley