- Common Name: White Dragon fruit
- Vernacular Names: Pitaya, Pitahaya, Strawberry pear
- Scientific Name: Hylocereus undatus
- Specimens From: Malaysia
- Specimens Weight: 700 gm
This is the common white dragon. It is one of the three main species of dragon fruit. The other two is the red flesh and the uncommon, yellow skin/white flesh. There are various cultivars of dragon fruit and since they do look alike to a layman, I will just put them under their colour classifications.
Dragon fruit is a beautiful fruit and pretty attractive to look at but have to say, most of the time, the white flesh species taste bland. Just cut the fruit into half and scoop it with a spoon. The numerous small, black seeds are edible and crunchy, so don't bother spitting it out.
Since it is quite tasteless, it will be better if you blend it with any sweeter fruit and drink it as fruit juice.
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13 comments:
I've never seen this fruit before. I know a kind of pitaya in Mexico that grows in really tall cacti they call organos. The fruit is small and its the skin is covered with thorns, but the fruit is really sweet, it comes in pink, red, yellow and white. That was my favorite part of visiting my dad's little town in the state of Puebla.
Great blog!
Ben
wow Fruity ..
it looks like a red/gold goldfish too !!!
it would make a great painting :)
What a beautiful fruit! I learned something new here again. :D Now I have to hunt it down to taste it.
Hugs, JJ
It does look like a dragon! The inside looks friendlier than the outside.
Where do you find all of this fruit?
This one is amazing! The innards almost look like a poppyseed frosting glaze. Which makes me hungry!
I've heard of this fruit before. It's pretty funky looking.
I was actually frightened to eat the red type when I first saw it. But I love it now. Really sweet and juicy.
Serena
ChatnChill
sounds like an original idea for a chilled fruit juice! :D
I have seen this fruit recently, but I didn´t buy any. Good to know how they look inside and that they are quite tasteless.
This one is a beautiful color! It doesn't look very appetizing on the inside though with all those little seeds.
I might have told you before, but we have a friend from China and she often surprise her Norwegian friends with these fruits. Taste lovely :-)
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Thanks to all for your comments.
Ben, yes, it's in the same family but different fruit. It is also known as prickly pear or opuntia.
Kim, why not paint one of the fruits here :)
JJ, hunt for the red one instead. It taste better.
Janet, over here, it's easy to find lots of exotic fruits
Cheers from Fruity
This fruit is more cute than the before one . really superb !!
suman
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