Great and tempting not seen yet. Madhuri --- On Sun, 23/1/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:60936] Fruits & Vegetables Week: Hylocereus undatus, the dragon fruit To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 23 January, 2011, 12:28 PM Big parties in Delhi have a new addition to fresh fruits for last few years. The fruit red in colour covered with thick long bracts, cut fruit has black seeds dispersed like Kiwi fruit (and is sometimes confused with it) but the pulp is white in colour and fruit about 8-12 cm long, and belongs to a cactus Hylocereus undatus, commonly known as dragon fruit (in parties) but more popular common name as Red Pitaya. Other names being Red Pitahaya, Night blooming Cereus, Strawberry Pear, Belle of the Night, Conderella Plant. Flowers of the plant are available at Flowers of India website http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Night%20Blooming%20Cereus.html Here are the fruits from the party. The plant is grown both as ornamental vine and the fruit crop. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
