Cactaceae
Belle of the Night
Selenicereus undatus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Selenicereus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- شمعية خشبية مموجة الجوانب, تصنيف:سيرس ثلاثي التضليع
- Cantonese
- 霸王花
- Chinese
- 量天尺, 火龙果, 白肉火龍果, 三棱箭, 三角柱, 量天尺花, 霸王鞭, 龙骨花
- English
- Belle of the Night, Dragon fruit, Dragonfruit, Night blooming cereus, Nightblooming cactus, Pitahaya, Strawberry pear
- Estonian
- Maasik-metskaktus
- Finnish
- Tarhametsäkaktus, Pitaijakaktus
- French
- Cierge-lézard, Fruit du dragon, Poire de chardon
- Hungarian
- Hullámos kúszókaktusz
- Korean
- 흰용과
- Malayalam
- സെലെനിസെറിയസ് അണ്ടറ്റസ്
- Russian
- Гилоцереус волнистый
- Spanish
- Pitahaya Blanco, Pitahaya Orejona, Pitaya
- Swedish
- Röd pitahaya
Synonyms
- Cereus tricostatus Rol.-Goss.
- Cereus undatus Haw.
- Hylocereus tricostatus (Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose
- Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose
- Hylocereus undatus subsp. luteocarpus Cálix de Dios
- Selenicereus undatus subsp. luteocarpus (Cálix de Dios) M.H.J.van der Meer
Photos
Photo: Tiago Lubiana, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: FredyBarros, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caly97_Music, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Célia prout, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Pascal crolard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bruno Hattenville, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Selenicereus
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- Selenicereus setaceusCactaceae
- Vine-like moonlight cactusSelenicereus spinulosusCactaceae
- Selenicereus calcaratusCactaceae
- Princess of the nightSelenicereus pteranthusCactaceae
- Selenicereus triangularisCactaceae
- Selenicereus validusCactaceae
- CactusSelenicereus stenopterusCactaceae
- Selenicereus vagansCactaceae
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.