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The fruit is often designated as "Vietnamese dragon fruit" as Vietnam is the lead exporter. [5] The fruit may also be known as a strawberry pear. [2] [6] The names pitahaya and pitaya derive from Mexico, and pitaya roja in Central America and northern South America, possibly relating to pitahaya for names of tall cacti species with flowering ...
Dragonfruit stems are scandent (climbing habit), creeping, sprawling or clambering, and branch profusely. There can be four to seven of them, between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft)or longer, with joints from 30 to 120 cm (12 to 47 in) or longer, and 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) thick; with generally three ribs; margins are corneous (horn-like) with age, and undulate.
Vietnamese Balm, Vietnamese mint Houttuynia cordata giấp cá or diếp cá: fishy-smell herb Lemon grass sả: Eryngium foetidum ngò gai: Long coriander/saw tooth coriander/culantro Peppermint húng cây or rau bạc hà: Perilla tía tô: Rice paddy herb ngò ôm: Spearmint húng lủi: Thai basil rau quế: Turmeric nghệ: Vietnamese ...
The plant Weber described had a triangular stem-like Cereus trigonus, but was "distinguished by its more glaucous stem and especially by its fruit, just as big but more spherical, less scaly, and filled with a crimson pulp of a very delicate taste." [4] It was said to be highly sought after in Costa Rica for its fruit, known as pitahaya. [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.
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).
Pitaya, specifically, is being grown in ten different countries and without proper care B. cactivora can cause up to 44% economic loss of pitaya yields. [4] Grafted cacti are also extremely susceptible to B. cactivora , which is a huge problem for countries like South Korea whose exports of grafted cacti represent 70% of the global market. [ 6 ]
Stenocereus griseus is a tree-shaped cactus that grows to 6-9 meters tall with a clear trunk and upright green stems, about 9-12 centimeters in diameter, with six to ten ribs below the areoles. [2]