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- Epiphytes
- Spanish Name
- Pitahaya
- Common Name
- Dragon fruit
- Family
- CACTACEAE
- Grows on rocks or above trees supported on its branches and getting nutrients from the suspended air. It is also cultivated in several parts of Costa Rica for its edible and commercialized fruit.
- Pollinated mainly by moths and seeds dispersed by birds, bats and other mammals.
- Red flesh dragon fruit extract has been used as a medicinal properties such as antioxidant, anticancer, hypocholesterolemic, antimicrobial, and prebiotic
PROPAGATION: Seeds or splitting.
Written by neighbors in the community guide. Last edited May 28, 2025.Open in Notion