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: Dragon Fruit Listings; Pitaya, also known as dragon fruit in English, originally named as green dragon fruit and red dragon fruit.Originating from the tropical regions of Central America.Dragon fruit is rich in nutrition with unique functions; it contains plant albumin and anthocyanins rarely found in other plants, as well as abundant vitamin C and water-soluble dietary fiber.Dragon fruit belongs to the cactus family under the genus Hylocereus, native to tropical desert regions of Central America such as Brazil and Mexico.Dragon fruit was introduced from Southeast Asia to Taiwan, then further developed in Hainan Province and southern regions of China like Guangxi and Guangdong.It is named dragon fruit due to its meaty scales resembling the scales of a dragon's skin.With its smooth and enormous blossoms that emit fragrance when blooming, potted dragon fruit gives a sense of good fortune, hence it is also called "lucky fruit"...

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