oooo....what is this??? some cactaceae?? never seen it before. thanks for sharing... Pankaj
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
