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The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus  -  Systematic Display

 Updated 2018-06-12

 

FTCB2781
Descriptor    PITAYA
Synonym(s)dragon fruit; hylocereus triangularis; hylocereus undatus; pitahaya; red pitaya 
Scope note 
Taxon Info 
Scientific family    Cactaceae  [ITIS TSN 19685] 
Scientific name(s)   Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. & Rose  [ITIS TSN 503101] 
 Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose  [GRIN-Global Nomen 19487] 
 Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose  [PLANTS Symbol ] 
 Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose  [DPNL 2003] 
Description 
Hylocereus undatus (white-fleshed pitahaya) is a species of Cactaceae and is the most cultivated species in the genus. It is used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop - the pitahaya or dragon fruit. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylocereus_undatus]  



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