Pitaya (scientific name: Pitaya' foo-lon') is a cultivated variety of Cactus, belonging to measuring ruler. It climbs up the juicy bush and has air roots. Many branches, extension, often winged leaves, wavy or crenate edges, dark green to light blue-green, bony; Flowers funnel-shaped and open at night; Scales are ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, calyx-shaped perianth is yellow-green, linear to linear-lanceolate, petaloid perianth is white, oblong-oblanceolate, filaments are yellow-white, styles are yellow-white, berries are red, oblong, fruit umbilicus is small, and pulp is white-red. The seeds are obovate and black, and the hilum is small. Flowering and fruiting in July-65438+February.
How to eat pitaya meat:
The eating method of pitaya is similar to watermelon; The pulp contains thousands to more than 10000 sesame seeds. The whole pulp is mixed with honey, fresh milk and ice cubes to make juice. After the seeds are broken, the fragrance is overflowing and it is extremely delicious. According to personal taste, besides making juice, it tastes delicious and sweet, and making ice cream or jelly is even more delicious. The fruit brewed from pulp is rich in wine.
Each flower of pitaya weighs about half a catty to 1 catty, and can be used for cooking, soup or lettuce salad. After drying, it can be stored for a long time, crispy and delicious. The pitaya flower is boiled in water, added with rock sugar and drunk after freezing, which is more fragrant and mellow than chrysanthemum tea.