This plant is actually a type of cactus. It can be grown indoors. The exotic-looking fruits typically weigh a little under 1 pound each, and they have a texture like Kiwi fruit.
Dragon Fruit can be eaten raw or dried or made into juice or wine. The fruit has a mildly sweet taste, and the flowers can be eaten or steeped as tea. I was also excited to learn that it is low in calories & high in vitamins and minerals.
Name: White Dragon Fruit (Cactus) Other Common Names: Pitaya / Pitahaya Fruit / Strawberry Pear Scientific Name: Hylocereus Updates Color: White Flesh Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost Bloom Time: July - Oct Hardiness Zone: 9 - 11 Plant Height: 15 - 20' Vine/climber Light Requirements: Sun Soil & Water Preferences: Average
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