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Fresh ripe dragon fruit in Vietnam. Sweet pitayas come in three types, all with leathery, slightly leafy skin: [3]: 215–216 Selenicereus undatus (Pitaya blanca or white-fleshed pitaya, also known as Hylocereus undatus) has pink-skinned fruit with white flesh. This is the most commonly seen "dragon fruit".
Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus) in the family Cactaceae [1] and is the most cultivated species in the genus. It is used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop – the pitahaya or dragon fruit. [3]
Stems gray-green without horny margins. Flowers ca 30 cm long, petals white, tinged pinkish near base or entirely pink. Tube with distant bracts. Stigma lobes usually forked. Fruit red with purple pulp. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and the Venezuelan Antilles [19] Selenicereus murrillii
When picking out dragon fruit from your garden or at the supermarket, look for dragon fruit that checks these boxes, suggests Katy Green, a San Diego, California-based produce field inspector for ...
“If this is more fiber than you typically eat pre-cycling, opt for a smaller portion of dragon fruit—like a ½ cup—paired with a lower-fiber fruit like a 6-inch banana, which provides about ...
9 Life-Changing Fruit Hacks. Experts agree that a diet rich in fruits and veggies is the way to go. Fruits can provide essential nutrients, fiber and a host of other health benefits. If you enjoy ...
The species is grown commercially for its yellow fruit, but is also an impressive ornamental climbing vine with perhaps the largest flowers of all cacti. The yellow skinned fruit of S. megalanthus has thorns, unlike the green, red or yellow skinned dragon fruits of S. undatus, S. monacanthus and their cultivated hybrids.
The plant Weber described had a triangular stem-like Cereus trigonus, but was "distinguished by its more glaucous stem and especially by its fruit, just as big but more spherical, less scaly, and filled with a crimson pulp of a very delicate taste." [4] It was said to be highly sought after in Costa Rica for its fruit, known as pitahaya. [5]