Pitaya fruit, pitahaya fruit orcommonly known as Dragon Fruit is among the most nutritious and wonderfulexotic fruits. It is a favorite to many, particularly people of Asian origin.
There are 3 types dragon fruitbased on their colour.
Redcolour fruit with white colour flesh.
Redcolour fruit with red colour flesh.
Yellowcolour fruit with white colour flesh.
The dragonfruit can be made into juices, wines, flavorings and of course, medicine. Likemany other fruits, the dragon fruit has medicinal benefits that a lot of peoplehave grown to trust and depend on.
There is a lotof demand for Dragon fruit in India. As consumers are getting more and moreaware about this fruit; the demand is increasing steadily. The fact that thisfruit has health benefits as well is also a factor. A very few farmers in theSates of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu havetaken up Dragon Fruit cultivation in India. The total All India area of DragonFruit cultivation maybe less than 100 acres. The awareness and demand for thisfruit is huge in India mainly for its taste, nutritional and medicinalproperties. This fruit is packed with excellent health benefits, has gooddemand in local as well as international market. Hence one can get good returnsin dragon fruit cultivation.
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