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Dragon Fruit Selenicereus (Hylocereus) costaricensis, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) guatemalensis, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) ocamponis, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) undatus, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) monacanthus Commodity Summary
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Approved Name: Dragon Fruit 
Scientific Name(s): Selenicereus (Hylocereus) costaricensis, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) guatemalensis, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) ocamponis, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) undatus, Selenicereus (Hylocereus) monacanthus 
Common Name(s): belle-of-the-night, chacam, chak-wob, distelbirne, dragon fruit, junco tapatío, moonlight cactus, night-blooming cereus, pitahaya, pitahaya dulce, pitahaya orejona, pitahaya rouge, pitaya, pitaya roja, queen-of-the-night, red pitaya, reina de la noche, röd pitahaya, strawberry-pear, tasajo, zacamb 
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Cultivars of the following species are included under dragon fruit:

Selenicereus undatus (red) = Hylocereus undatus, Cereus undatus, Selenicereus monacanthus (red) = Hylocereus monacanthus, Hylocereus polyhizus, Cereus monacanthus, Selenicereus costaricensis (yellow) = Hylocereus costaricensis, Cereus trigonus var. costaricensis, Selenicereus ocamponis, Selenicereus guatemalensis

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Selenicereus (Hylocereus) costaricensis (F.A.C. Weber) S. Arias & N. Korotkova https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=490915

Selenicereus (Hylocereus) guatemalensis (Eichlam ex Weing.) D.R. Hunt https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=490916

Selenicereus (Hylocereus) monacanthus (Lem.) D.R. Hunt https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=490923

Selenicereus (Hylocereus) ocamponis (Salm-Dyck) D.R. Hunt https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=490917

Selenicereus (Hylocereus) undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=490920

 
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