Selenicereus, from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē), meaning "moon", and Latin cēreus, meaning "candle", sometimes known as moonlight cactus, is a genus of epiphytic, lithophytic, and terrestrial cacti, found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The term night-blooming cereus is also sometimes used, but this is also used for many night-blooming cacti, including Epiphyllum and Peniocereus. In 2017, the genus Hylocereus was brought into synonymy with Selenicereus. A number of species of Selenicereus produce fruit that is eaten. The fruit, known as pitaya or pitahaya in Spanish or as dragon fruit, may be collected from the wild or the plants may be cultivated.
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The deep magenta color in your beet harvest or prickly pear fruit comes from the same pigment fam...
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Scientists reviewed what makes betacyanins, the red-violet pigments in beets and similar plants, break down or stay stable, and how new techniques like encapsulation and nanotechnology could help food companies use more of these natural colorants and antioxidants in products.
