Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus)

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

Other common names include Red Pitaya, Strawberry Pear, Night Blooming Cereus, Queen of the Night, and Honolulu Queen. Hylocereus undatus or commonly known as Dragon Fruit is a climbing cactus or succulent shrub with triangular stalks that can be up to 7 m long. It produces aerial roots enabling it to climb and support itself. It is widely cultivated for its edible fruit with a sweet and pleasant flavor.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet, pleasant flavour. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A sweet, pleasant flavour.; The red fruit is 7 - 12cm long, covered in prominent scales.; Unopened flower buds can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Habitat & North American Range

An epiphytic or terrestrial plant, growing in thickets, hedges, on rocks or rock walls, at elevations up to 2,000 metres. (Zone 10)