Dragon Fruit Production
Dragon fruit Production in Palawan: An Assessment of Its Potential for Agricultural Production in Palawan
Background
Dragon fruit is the fruit of several cactus species. These fruit are also known as pitaya, native to Mexico and Central America; Growing Dragon fruit commercially is common in places like Thailand and Vietnam where the climate makes the dragon fruit conditions just right for growing dragon fruit cactus all the way successfully to fruit. There are most commonly cultivated varieties of dragon fruit, red dragon fruit with red flesh and red skin, dragon fruit with yellow skin and white flesh, and red skin and white flesh. All dragon fruit varieties have the flesh or dragon fruit pulp filled with lots of tiny black seeds which are edible with the fruit. Dragon fruit is a seasonal type. These fruit mostly available around August to November. The health benefits of dragon fruit cactus fruit are many and varied. These dragon fruit nutritional benefits include helps to lower blood glucose level in type 2 diabetes. Dragon fruit health benefits and the great dragon fruit nutrition benefits make the dragon fruit cactus fruit popular all over the world. Dragon fruit vitamin C and dietary fiber are both positive nutritional benefits of dragon fruit among others. It has no dragon fruit cholesterol and very little cholesterol causing fats (fats are in the dragon fruit seeds). Plants in the cactus family, Cactaceae, originated in North, Central, and South America. They are widely distributed, from coastal areas, to high mountains, and in tropical rainforests. Their appearance is just variable, from thimble-size species to enormous column species, and the epiphytic (climbing) species. The cactus families are highly adaptable to a new environment. The plants are able to tolerate drought, heat, poor soil, and cold. The modification of the stem for water storage, the reduction or absence of leaves, the waxy surface, and the night opening of the tissue for
Background
Dragon fruit is the fruit of several cactus species. These fruit are also known as pitaya, native to Mexico and Central America; Growing Dragon fruit commercially is common in places like Thailand and Vietnam where the climate makes the dragon fruit conditions just right for growing dragon fruit cactus all the way successfully to fruit. There are most commonly cultivated varieties of dragon fruit, red dragon fruit with red flesh and red skin, dragon fruit with yellow skin and white flesh, and red skin and white flesh. All dragon fruit varieties have the flesh or dragon fruit pulp filled with lots of tiny black seeds which are edible with the fruit. Dragon fruit is a seasonal type. These fruit mostly available around August to November. The health benefits of dragon fruit cactus fruit are many and varied. These dragon fruit nutritional benefits include helps to lower blood glucose level in type 2 diabetes. Dragon fruit health benefits and the great dragon fruit nutrition benefits make the dragon fruit cactus fruit popular all over the world. Dragon fruit vitamin C and dietary fiber are both positive nutritional benefits of dragon fruit among others. It has no dragon fruit cholesterol and very little cholesterol causing fats (fats are in the dragon fruit seeds). Plants in the cactus family, Cactaceae, originated in North, Central, and South America. They are widely distributed, from coastal areas, to high mountains, and in tropical rainforests. Their appearance is just variable, from thimble-size species to enormous column species, and the epiphytic (climbing) species. The cactus families are highly adaptable to a new environment. The plants are able to tolerate drought, heat, poor soil, and cold. The modification of the stem for water storage, the reduction or absence of leaves, the waxy surface, and the night opening of the tissue for