Selenicereus costaricensis, synonym Hylocereus costaricensis, known as the Costa Rican pitahaya or Costa Rica nightblooming cactus, is a cactus species native to Central America and north-eastern South America. The species is grown commercially for its fruit, called pitaya or pitahaya, but is also an impressive ornamental vine with huge flowers. The species may not be distinct from Selenicereus monacanthus.
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👉 Selenicereus costaricensis in the context of List of edible cacti
This is a list of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.
- Acanthocereus tetragonus - sword pear
- Browningia candelaris
- Carnegiea gigantea - saguaro
- Cereus repandus - hedge cactus
- Cochemiea
- Corryocactus
- Coryphantha - beehive cacti
- Disocactus anguliger - zig zag cactus (grows edible fruit with a taste similar to kiwifruit)
- Echinocereus - strawberry cacti or hedgehog cacti
- E. bonkerae - short-spined strawberry cactus
- E. boyce-thompsonii
- E. brandegeei
- E. cinerascens
- E. dasyacanthus - spiny hedgehog cactus
- E. engelmannii - strawberry hedgehog cactus
- E. enneacanthus
- E. fasciculatus - pinkflower hedgehog cactus
- E. fendleri - Fendler's hedgehog cactus
- E. ledingii
- E. nicholii
- E. stramineus - pitaya
- Echinopsis coquimbana - sea-urchin cactus
- Epiphyllum - orchid cacti
- Epithelantha (the fruit of all species said to be edible)
- Eulychnia
- Ferocactus
- F. hamatacanthus - Turk's head
- F. histrix - borrachito
- F. latispinus - pocha
- Harrisia - prickly applecacti
- H. aboriginum - west-coast prickly apple
- H. adscendens
- H. balansae
- H. eriophora
- H. fragrans - fragrant prickly apple
- H. martinii - Martin applecactus
- H. pomanensis
- H. simpsonii - Simpson's applecactus
- Leucostele atacamensis - cardón
- Lophocereus schottii - senita cactus
- Mammillaria - nipple cacti or birthday cake cacti
- M. applanata
- M. lasiacantha - golf-ball pincushion cactus
- M. meiacantha
- M. microcarpa
- M. oliviae
- Other species
- Maihuenia - maihuén
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans - garambulos (taste like less-acidic cranberries)
- Neowerdermannia vorwerkii - achakana