Selenicereus undatus
naturalizedCactaceae

Selenicereus undatus

Night-blooming Cereus

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of Cactaceae and is the most cultivated species in the genus. It is used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop - the pitahaya or dragon fruit. The native origin of the species has never been resolved.

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Seasonality

Only 11 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 85 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 294 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 33 · GBIF 53 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 32 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 20 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 21 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 20 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 12 · GBIF 16 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 10 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hāmoa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mokae · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mailepai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuiaha · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓