| 0019028 |
pitaya |
Acanthocereus spp. |
Oblong to Oval fruit , bright pink to red in color, sometimes >3 inches in length with large flesh like scales on the surface. Flesh is most often white & juicy with many small seeds. A commercial shipment of prohibited Pitahaya or Stawberry Pear*, from Mexico have been intercepted in air cargo at Newark & other entry points. Host for Fruit flies (including Anastrepha spp., & Ceratitis spp.) and a Quarantine Significant Rust Aecidium sp known from Mexico DO NOT CONFUSE WITH "Tuna" (Opuntia spp.) Also the following genera: Cactus triangularis, Cereus (Hylocereus) undatus*, Lemaireocereus spp., and Selenicereus megalanthus (Cactaceae) |
