A bright green, multiple stemmed cactus with two or three broad winged angles and very tough edges with single spined areoles.
It produces very fragrant, cream, funnel shaped flowers at night in spring which mature as edible red fruits known as Dragonfruit.
These have distinctive white flesh speckled with black seeds and are prized eating all around Asia Pacific region.
It is an epiphytic climber and will scramble up and over anything close by that it can gain support from.