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Originally Posted by lorax
Dragon fruit are cactus fruit.
Down here, there are three classes of cactus fruit - Pitahaya (Dragonfruit), Tuna (Prickly Pears, white or red flesh), and San Pedritos (fruit of the San Pedro cactus). And then there's Nopales but this is actually the cooked fleshy leaves of Prickly pear, not a fruit.
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Very true. The names Pitahaya or Pitaya are used by different peoples to describe fruits of different, mostly central American cacti. Of these, 'Dragon Fruit' refers to the fruits of the Hylocereus and Selenicereus species, both of which are vining tropical cacti native to Central and equatorial South America.
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