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Hylocereus undatus - Developing fruit - Click to enlarge!

Developing fruit; P.R. China; 9/2009 © Joachim Sauerborn

Hylocereus undatus - Flower buds - Click to enlarge!

Flower buds; P.R. China; 9/2009 © Joachim Sauerborn

Hylocereus undatus - Habit in plantation - Click to enlarge!

Habit in plantation; P.R. China; 9/2009 © Joachim Sauerborn

Hylocereus undatus - Plantation - Click to enlarge!

Plantation; P.R. China; 9/2009 © Joachim Sauerborn

Dataset

Internal reference: 1854
Date of entry: 31.01.2012
Last update: 22.03.2015

Common name

English: Dragon Fruit

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2509)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2408)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2040)

      Order: Caryophyllales (101)

        Family: Cactaceae (17) (family description)

          Genus: Hylocereus (1)

           Epithet: undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose (1)

undatus => not flat, billowy, undulate, waved

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

Check for Hylocereus undatus at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

  • [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org

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