Generally, fruits should not be stored for too long, and so should pitaya. If it is stored for a long time, it will start to deteriorate. The deterioration will start from the epidermis and gradually go deep into the interior. Deterioration will produce odor, mold will absorb its nutrition, breed harmful bacteria, and seriously cause food poisoning.
Extended information Pitaya (Latin scientific name: Hylocereus undulatus Britt), cactus family, also known as Red Dragon Fruit, Dragon Pearl Fruit, Fairy Honey Fruit and Jade Dragon Fruit.
The fruit is oval in shape, with a diameter of 10- 12 cm, red or yellow in appearance, green round triangular leaflike body, thick skin, waxy, white, red or yellow pulp and nearly ten thousand fragrant sesame seeds, so it is called sesame fruit.
Pitaya is named because it looks like an angry red fireball. The pulp inside is like sweet cream, but it is covered with small black seeds. Mild texture and fragrant taste.
Pitaya is rich in nutrition and unique in function. It contains plant albumin and anthocyanins, and is rich in vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber, which are rare in general plants. Pitaya is a cool fruit. In the natural state, fruits are ripe, sweet and juicy in summer and autumn.