Yellow Pitaya (Hylocereus megalanthus)

Family: Cactaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Native to South America, Hylocereus megalanthus or Yellow Pitaya is a succulent, climbing shrub that can grow on branches of trees of on the ground. It produces aerial roots. It is often cultivated for its fruits. The ovoid yellow fruit has a succulent pulp with a sweet flavor. The plant can be grown from seeds or stem cuttings.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flavour. — A succulent pulp with a sweet flavour.; Some forms have a thin skin and an extremely delicious flavour.; The fruit is around 12cm long and 7cm wide.; Immature fruits have tufts of thin spines, but these fall off naturally as the fruit ripens.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known. (Zone 10)