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Yellow dragonfruit
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Yellow dragonfruit

Selenicereus megalanthus (Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishYellow dragonfruit
Dutch—
SpanishPitaya amarilla
Chinese燕窝果
Scientific nameSelenicereus megalanthus (Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran

About this species

Selenicereus megalanthus, synonym Hylocereus megalanthus, is a cactus species in the genus Selenicereus that is native to northern South America, where it is known, along with its fruit, by the name of pitahaya. 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 spines, unlike the green, red or yellow skinned dragon fruits of S. undatus, S. monacanthus and their cultivated hybrids. S. megalanthus is commonly known as "yellow dragon fruit", "yellow pitahaya", "kirin fruit", or "yellow pitaya". This name leads at times to confusion, as unrelated cultivars of other dragonfruit species can also have yellow skinned fruit. One example of a yellow dragonfruit cultivar not related to S. megalanthus is 'Australian Gold'.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCactaceae
GenusSelenicereus

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1963First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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