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Hylocereus undatus

Botanic Family

Cactaceae

Author

(Haworth) Britton & Rose

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental, edible fruit, hedge

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

• Queen of the Night
• Night-blooming Cereus
• Honolulu Queen
• Paniniokapunahou (Hawaiian)
• Papipi Pua (Hawaiian)
• Pitaya
• Flor de Cáliz (Chalice Flower)
• Reina de la noche
• Liang tian chi (Pinyin)
• Belle Of the Night
• Dragon Fruit
• Pitahaya
• Red Pitaya
• Strawberry Pear

Geographical Habitats

• Bermuda
• Brazil
• Cuba
• Florida-USA?
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Nicaragua
• Colombia
• Peru
• Antilles

Natural Habitats

• Fruit edible
• flowers eaten in soup. Woodland margins
• woodland. Endangered

Flowering Times

• Summer
• May
• Jun
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Hemi-epiphytic woody succulent root-climbing spiny vine with solitary axillary or terminal fragrant goblet-shaped 350mm nocturnal white or creamy-yellow flowers, yellowish-green outside sometimes with reddish tinge. 125mm long x 120mm yellow or red fruit with persistent leaf-like scales.

Invasive in some areas

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• NYBG
• Llamas 2003
• Neotrop
• FOC
• The plant List
• VOPR
• Academia