Hylocereus
Noun
Meaning
genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers
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Climbing cacti can be very large; a specimen of Hylocereus was reported as convert long from root to the most distant stem.
In more tropical southern areas, the climber Hylocereus undatus provides pitahaya orejona, now widely grown in Asia under the name dragon fruit.