How to pronounce dragon fruit in English pitaya:English ['p?t?j?]

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Dragon fruit, the fruit of a climbing, fleshy shrub of the genus Measurement of the Sky in the family Cactaceae, the branches of which are mostly undulate or crenate at the margins, and are colored a dark green to light blue-green; glabrous; bony; spiny-conical; the berries are red oblong with small navels; the seeds are black obovate; flowering is in summer. green; glabrous, bony; spines conical; berry is red oblong, with a small navel and flesh appearing white; seeds are black obovate, and flowering occurs in summer and fall. It is named dragon fruit because it has a red coat with protrusions that look like flames and are also reminiscent of dragon scales.

Distribution of dragon fruit in Central America to the northern part of South America, widely cultivated around the world, in Hawaii, Australia, the eastern part of the escape for the wild; China was introduced in 1645, common cultivation, in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan and Guangxi escape for the wild, by the root of the air climbing on the trunk, rock or wall, often born at an altitude of 3-300 meters. Dragon fruit like light and shade, heat and drought, like fertilizer and barren, suitable for growth in tropical areas, its propagation method for cuttings.

The dragon fruit is divided into white and red, white taste light, red sweeter. According to the ancient book "Pu Ji Fang", dragon fruit is rich in nutrients, it has the effect of preventing constipation, promoting eye health, lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, because it contains a special ingredient anthocyanin, it also has the effect of promoting gastrointestinal digestion, preventing anemia, whitening the skin to prevent dark spots.

The dragon fruit set fruit, flowers, vegetables, health care, medicine in one. Most of the branches of the dragon fruit is edge wavy or crenate, the color of dark green to light blue-green; hairless, bony; thorns conical; dragon fruit is not only "flowers and fruits both ornamental, appreciation and food" gardening plants, has great ornamental value, or sub-tropical, one of the tropical fruits.

The plant has no main root, and the lateral roots are widely distributed in the shallow surface soil layer, while there are many aerial roots, which can be climbed. Rootstock dark green, stout, up to 7 meters long, 10-12 cm thick, with 3 ribs. Ribs flat, wavy edge, stem nodes at the growth of climbing roots, can be attached to other plants to grow, ribs more than 3, each section of the stem node depression with small spines.