Also called pitaya dulce, 🇪🇸 Spanish for "sweet pitaya" (cactus fruit).

Part of genus Stenocereus in 🌵︎ cactus  family Cactaceae.

Native to 🗻︎ 🏜 rocky desert areas in 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 México and USA.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).   The 🇺🇸 USA's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is named for this plant.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Learn more about organpipe cactus Stenocereus thurberi

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