Common Names
- English: Pitahaya, Dragonfruit, Night blooming Cereus, Strawberry Pear, Belle of the Night, Conderella Plant
- Estonian: maasik-metskaktus
- French: fruit du dragon, cierge-lézard, poire de chardon
- German: Drachenfrucht, Distelbirne
- Hawaiian: panini-o-ka-puna-hou ("Punahou cactus") - a famous specimen still grows at Punahou School
- Portuguese: cato-barse, cardo-ananaz, rainha da noite
- Spanish: pitahaya blanca (Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela); flor de caliz, pitajava (Puerto Rico); junco, junco tapatio, pitahaya orejona, reina de la noche, tasajo (Mexico)
- Swedish: skogskaktus, röd pitahaya
- Vietnamese: thanh long
- Thai: แก้วมังกร (kaeo mangkon)
- Malay: buah naga. pronounce:boo-ah naa-gaa
- Chinese: 火龙果 （huǒlóngguǒ）
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