Nice info that i found...happy reading people!!!
Dragon fruit is of cactus facmily, with high economic value. It can be taken as fruit, flower, vegetable, health product and medicine as well..
Dragon fruit appears shining red and olive-shaped. Every single one is 500-1200g, and its flesh is white or red, tasted sweet but not thick, with light fragrance. The sweetness of dragon fruit is 16-18 degree, better than water melon. It can be called as "water melon on trees", considering about its structure, eating methd and planting way.
Dragon fruit is treasure flower and ornamental plant. It has large smooth flower. The dia of anadem is 25cm, the total lenth is 45cm, and every single flower is weighing 600-800g, titled as "large flower king". When it is booming, it producs sweet fragrance and called as "lucky fruit".
Dragon fruit have high nutrition, low heat, rich vitamin C.
It is good material of beverage, may be prcessed to be all kind of drinks.
Dragon fruit can be used as cosmetic and health material, with functions of improving eyesight and preventing hypertension.
->Environment protection
Dragon fruit absorbs CO2 at night and releases oxygen to purify the air.
Dragon fruit can be plant easily. It has strong root and is good at water obsorbing, heat and drought resisting. So planting dragon fruit is low costed.
Once investment brings your much benefit. Dragon fruit has high output. A general output is 3500kg-10000kg per Mu, about 8000 fruit.
Friday, June 03, 2005
5:29 AM - Dragon Fruit 's Info
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
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5:52 AM -
5:36 AM - Dragon Fruit Debut - The Origin , The Story
Crawling Pitaya (Hylocereus undatus)<-- Yup this is the name<-- wow,didnt know it is a cactus fruit?!!
The pitaya belongs to the climbing cacti family, an epiphytic group native to the forests of Mexico, northern South America and Central America. Epiphytic plants, common in tropical rain forests, lack soil roots and live in the canopy, supported by other trees and vines. Their aerial roots form a tangled network through which they obtain water and nutrients from falling organic debris.
Interestingly, native crawling pitayas do not possess the traditional large-leafed, rich green features of tropical plants, despite the fact that they live in a virtual Garden of Eden, blessed by up to four meters of rain per year. The reason? Because of their epiphytic nature, they are often subjected to water stress and have thus evolved the common adaptations of arid zone plants: distinct cacti, often spiny, thick stems. Fortunately, these features confer a significant advantage for arid zone farmers. Climbing cacti require a mere tenth the amount of water of any known domesticated crop!
Yet what about the fruit? The crawling pitaya, also known as eden or dragon fruit, appears to have inherited the best of both worlds. It boasts luscious, red, exotically tasting fruit that wouldn't be out of place in the most magnificent, rainbow-coloured tropical environment. In addition, the fruit is spineless and possesses protracted shelf life.
The pitaya belongs to the climbing cacti family, an epiphytic group native to the forests of Mexico, northern South America and Central America. Epiphytic plants, common in tropical rain forests, lack soil roots and live in the canopy, supported by other trees and vines. Their aerial roots form a tangled network through which they obtain water and nutrients from falling organic debris.
Interestingly, native crawling pitayas do not possess the traditional large-leafed, rich green features of tropical plants, despite the fact that they live in a virtual Garden of Eden, blessed by up to four meters of rain per year. The reason? Because of their epiphytic nature, they are often subjected to water stress and have thus evolved the common adaptations of arid zone plants: distinct cacti, often spiny, thick stems. Fortunately, these features confer a significant advantage for arid zone farmers. Climbing cacti require a mere tenth the amount of water of any known domesticated crop!
Yet what about the fruit? The crawling pitaya, also known as eden or dragon fruit, appears to have inherited the best of both worlds. It boasts luscious, red, exotically tasting fruit that wouldn't be out of place in the most magnificent, rainbow-coloured tropical environment. In addition, the fruit is spineless and possesses protracted shelf life.
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