Also called pitaya dulce, 🇪🇸 Spanish for "sweet pitaya" (cactus fruit).  Part of genus Stenocereus and cactus  family Cactaceae.

Native to 🏜 rocky desert areas in 🇲🇽 Mexico and 🇺🇸 USA.  The USA's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is named for this plant.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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