It's common name is creeping devil and to botanists both amateur and professional it is Stenocereus eruca. It
is in the same genus as the more widespread and well known sweet pitaya, Stenocereus thurberi.
The creeping devil is found only on the Magdalena Plain near the Pacific coast. The other day while scouring the local dessert for sweet pitahyas we
came across several large patches of it.
One such patch was loaded with fruit similar to but smaller than the sweet pitahyas we were searching for. Same genus as sweet pitahya, birds had
been feeding on them, we tried some. They are not as sweet as their well known cousins but not as sour as the pitahya agria either. We added them to
the bucket.
So far we have canned up about 30 half pint jars of pitahy jam. It is really good. Anyone else made jam from pitahyas? Yes, I used sugar and pectin
in case you are wondering.
[Edited on 12-6-2021 by Don Jorge]
[Edited on 12-6-2021 by Don Jorge]pacificobob - 12-6-2021 at 08:20 AM
Excellent postDavid K - 12-6-2021 at 08:29 AM
Well-done, very nice!
This plant was an inspiration for a film title, 'The Devil's Road':
