Night-Blooming Cereus

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Mexico, "

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Rheumatism, Dropsy, Fungoid

Science studied: CACTINE, GRANDIFLORINE, HORDENINE, ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-XYLOSYL-RUTINOSIDE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Cactaceae

Scientific name: Selenicereus grandiflorus

Common names: Night-Blooming Cereus, Queen-of-the-Night, Dama de noche, Fleur d'amour, Koningin van de nacht, Königin der Nacht, Pitaya-de-flor-gigante, Pitaya-lanosa, Pitayita-nocturna Reina de la Noche, Pitayita-nocturna reina de la noche, Queen of The Night, Queen of the Night, Queen of the night, Queen-of-the-night, cacto-rainha-da-noite, cardón, hadovec veľkokvetý, koningin der nacht, nattens dronning, nattens drottning

POWO: 138488-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Mexico, ".

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Rheumatism
• Dropsy
• Fungoid

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Mexico
• "

Documented cultural uses

• Rheumatism
• Dropsy
• Fungoid

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

• Rheumatism · Mexico · "
• Dropsy · Mexico · "
• Fungoid · " · "

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• Green-Synthesized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles from Selenicereus grandiflorus Exhibit Potent Nematicidal Activity Against Meloidogyne incognita. · 2026 source ↗
• Nuclear Ribosomal ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS2 Region as a Phylogenetic Marker for <i>Selenicereus grandiflorus</i> and Related Species (Cactaceae: Cactoideae: Phyllocacteae). · 2026 source ↗
• Ultrastructural aspects of the hypanthial epithelium of Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae). · 2001 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• CACTINE
• GRANDIFLORINE
• HORDENINE
• ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-XYLOSYL-RUTINOSIDE
• ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
• NARCISSIN
• RUTIN
• HYPEROSIDE
• KAEMPFERITRIN
• BETA-CYANIN
• ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-GALACTOSYL-RUTINOSIDE
• CACTICINE

Legality

CITES: Appendix II

II — FAMILY listing Cactaceae spp. — Except the species included in Appendix I and except Pereskia spp., Pereskiopsis spp. and Quiabentia spp. Artificially propagated specimens of the following hybrids and/or cultivars are not subject to the provisions of the Convention: Hatiora x graeseri ; Schlumbergera x buckleyi ; Schlumbergera russelliana x Schlumbergera truncata ; Schlumbergera orssichiana x Schlumbergera truncata ; Schlumbergera opuntioides x Schlumbergera truncata ; Schlumbergera truncata (cultivars); Cactaceae spp. colour mutants grafted on the following grafting stocks Harrisia 'Jusbertii', Hylocereus trigonus or Hylocereus undatus ; Opuntia microdasys (cultivars). — 05/03/2026

Jurisdictions in the listing: Barbados (BB), Belize (BZ), British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) (VG), Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) (KY), Costa Rica (CR), Cuba (CU), Dominican Republic (DO), Guadeloupe (GP), Guatemala (GT), Haiti (HT), Honduras (HN), Jamaica (JM), Martinique (MQ), Mexico (MX), Nicaragua (NI), Puerto Rico (PR), Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN), United States of America (US), Virgin Islands of the USA (VI), Western Sahara (EH)

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Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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