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Costa Rica nightblooming cactus or Costa
Selenicereus costaricensis
About
Selenicereus costaricensis, also known as Costa Rica nightblooming cactus or Costa Rican pitaya, is a perennial climbing succulent in the cactus family (Cactaceae). Its fruit, a type of pitaya, has high economic and nutritional value. The species is native to Central America and northwestern South America, ranging from Nicaragua to northern Peru in seasonally dry tropical biomes.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Selenicereus costaricensis
- Slug
- selenicereus-costaricensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Selenicereus
- Species
- costaricensis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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