Dragon Fruit Botanically known as Hylocereus undatus from the Cactaceae family. Common names are Dragon Fruit, Pitaya, Pitahaya Strawberry Pear. It is a perennial vine and it has triangular green, fleshy, jointed, many-branched stems. The flower is white showy, fragrant, and bell-shaped. It grows best in Humid & warm regions & it requires trellising or chain-like fencing for growing over it. It can be grown in big pots/containers and drought-tolerant plants.
It is an amazing fruit, Juicy and sweet. A popular ingredient for salads and fruit-based dishes. Is a great fruit to eat fresh. It is a climbing terrestrial or epiphytic cactus with fleshy stems that reach lengths of up to 20ft long.
The plant grows out of and over the ground or climbs onto trees using aerial roots.
In full production, plants can have up to 4 - 6 fruiting cycles per year.
Flowers are ornate and beautiful and many related species are grown for ornamental purposes.