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Originally Posted by jayjrc
i think it may be called a dragon fruit
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You got it!
Did you ever taste it? A sweet and cool fruit.
In Chinese, we called it "fire dragon fruit" Huo Long Guo. It is one of my favoriate fruits.
Here is the info from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya
A
pitaya (pronounced
/pɨˈtaɪə/) or
pitahaya (
/ˌpɪtəˈhaɪə/) is the
fruit of several
cactus species, most importantly of the
genus Hylocereus (
sweet pitayas). These fruit are also known as
dragon fruit (from Chinese
huǒ lóng guǒ 火龍果/火龙果 "fire dragon fruit" and
lóng zhū guǒ "dragon pearl fruit"),
strawberry pear,
nanettikafruit, and
thanh long (Vietnamese 青龍). Native to
Mexico and
Central and
South America, the vine-like
epiphytic Hylocereus cacti are also cultivated in
Southeast Asian countries such as
Taiwan,
Vietnam, the
Philippines,
Sri Lanka and
Malaysia. They are also found in
Okinawa,
Hawaii,
Israel, northern
Australia and southern
China.
Hylocereus blooms only at night; they have large white fragrant flowers of the typical cactusflower shape, that are often called
Moonflower or
Queen of the Night. Sweet pitayas have a creamy pulp and a delicate aroma.