What Is The Name Of The Plant ?

[Ron19]

I've always called the fruit Dragon Fruit but what I need is the correct name of the plant and the botanical name.

[Brabo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya

[doggie888888]

More importantly, have you heard of google?

Here is an extract from Wikipedia:

Hylocereus undatus (Red Pitaya) is a species of Cactaceae and is the most cultivated species in the genus. It is used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop - the Pitaya or Dragonfruit.

Name in Thai: แก้วมังกร (kaeo mangkon)

[jcw]

The one with the red flesh is a awesome stain, it doesn't come out of cloths.

[Ron19]

The one with the red flesh is a awesome stain, it doesn't come out of cloths.

You are not wrong about that.Have a look at this section from wikipedia.

Uses

• Particularly red-skinned pitayas are a good source of Vitamin C.
  
• Pitayas are rich in fiber and minerals, notably phosphorus and calcium. Red pitayas seem to be richer in the former, yellow ones in the latter.
  
• The seeds are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, and in particular Red Pitayas contain very little saturated fat.^[13]
  
• Pitahayas also contain significant quantities of phytoalbumin antioxidants, which prevent the formation of cancer-causing free radicals.^{[citation needed]}
  
• In Taiwan, diabetics use the fruit as a food substitute for rice and as a source of dietary fiber.^{[citation needed]}
  
• Pitaya supposedly increases excretion of heavy metal toxins and lowers cholesterol and blood pressure. Eaten regularly, it is credited with alleviating chronic respiratory tract ailments
  

[jcw]

I don't see how that useful Wiki info disputes what I said. Let me expand. If you eat it and dribble some of the red juice onto a white shirt, it is worse than red wine to get out. I personally like the taste or the red flesh more than the white one, but we buy the white one for the kids.

So I stand by my statement, if you wish to stain your cloths red, red the red flesh onto it.

It does seem to have a pretty impressive pedigree in the link above though.

[necronx99]

I don't see how that useful Wiki info disputes what I said. Let me expand. If you eat it and dribble some of the red juice onto a white shirt, it is worse than red wine to get out. I personally like the taste or the red flesh more than the white one, but we buy the white one for the kids.

So I stand by my statement, if you wish to stain your cloths red, red the red flesh onto it.

It does seem to have a pretty impressive pedigree in the link above though.

He said you are NOT wrong about that.

[Ron19]

I don't see how that useful Wiki info disputes what I said. Let me expand. If you eat it and dribble some of the red juice onto a white shirt, it is worse than red wine to get out. I personally like the taste or the red flesh more than the white one, but we buy the white one for the kids.

So I stand by my statement, if you wish to stain your cloths red, red the red flesh onto it.

It does seem to have a pretty impressive pedigree in the link above though.

Sorry if you misunderstood my post but I was agreeing with yours and just added the wikipedia info in as something extra.My apoligies.

[biggunguy]

i have eaten the white ones so often, and see this red fruit in all supermarkets - and wouldnt have made the link...

does anyone know how much it is?

[soidog2]

I don't see how that useful Wiki info disputes what I said. Let me expand. If you eat it and dribble some of the red juice onto a white shirt, it is worse than red wine to get out. I personally like the taste or the red flesh more than the white one, but we buy the white one for the kids.

So I stand by my statement, if you wish to stain your cloths red, red the red flesh onto it.

It does seem to have a pretty impressive pedigree in the link above though.

Red dragon fruit, when properly ripened, is simply awesome,

Slobbering all over yourself is disgusting, try using utensils.

[jcw]

Ron, no agro intended Yeah it really is Delicious. I have also seen pics of a yellow skin one with white flesh and black seeds, but never in real life. I remember seeing many of these plants in the fruit regions of Chanthaburi and Trat south of Pattaya, on the way to Cambodia.

[Ron19]

Ron, no agro intended Yeah it really is Delicious. I have also seen pics of a yellow skin one with white flesh and black seeds, but never in real life. I remember seeing many of these plants in the fruit regions of Chanthaburi and Trat south of Pattaya, on the way to Cambodia.

I am the same as yourself and have not seen the yellow skin one,only in pictures.

[soidog2]

This is how it looks in real life.

[rice555]

Hello All, for more info:

www.cessandiego.ucdavis.edu/files/55065.pdf

Hopefully, I copied the url right.

rice555

[rice555]

This is the what the cover looks like.

rice555