Cactaceae
Yellow pitaya
Selenicereus megalanthus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Selenicereus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- شمعية قمرية كبيرة الزهر
- arz
- شمعيه خشبيه كبيرة الزهر
- Chinese
- 黄麒麟量天尺, 金龙果, 黄龙, 麒麟果
- English
- Yellow pitaya
- French
- Pitaya jaune
- Indonesian
- Buah Naga Kuning
- Japanese
- イエローピタヤ
- Korean
- 노란용과
- Malayalam
- സെലെനിസെറിയസ് മെഗലാന്തസ്
- Portuguese
- Pitaia amarela
- Russian
- Гилоцереус крупноцветковый, Хилоцереус крупноцветковый
Synonyms
- Cereus megalanthus K.Schum. ex Vaupel
- Hylocereus megalanthus (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Ralf Bauer
- Mediocactus megalanthus (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Britton & Rose
Photos
Photo: Genet, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Panintelize, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.