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H. polyrhizus (Cebra)

Scientific Name: 
H. polyrhizus

Common Name: 
Cebra

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Plant Description
  • Red-fleshed large fruit with thick rind and average flavor. 
  • Origin: Nicaragua 
  • Fruit: oval; large, 468 g; skin and flash red, rind thick; quality acceptable; 15.75 Brix; 46 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest from late June to late December or into January. 
  • Plant: stems intermediate in thickness and length; mature stems grayish green, usually bearing white stripes resembling a zebra pattern, hence the name; areoles have 4-6 spines arranged randomly, 3-7 mm long; segment between areoles slightly convex, 26 mm long. Flowers large, petals white; calyx yellow, with shades of red on the edges; anthers and stigma lobes yellow. 
  • Tolerance to cold and heat average; grows well in full sun; commercial potential good.