The name of pitaya varies from place to place. English name pitaya, Latin name: pitaya.

Pitaya, also known as dragon fruit and red dragon fruit, is named because its fleshy scales look like the outer scales of dragons. It is the fruit of a triangular column plant of cactus family, which has red skin and white meat, red skin and red meat and yellow skin series, with red skin, red meat and yellow skin series being the best.

Pitaya, native to Central America, is one of the famous tropical and subtropical fruits. Later, it was introduced to Viet Nam, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries as well as Taiwan Province Province of China. At present, Chinese mainland has introduced and tried planting in Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other provinces. Pitaya is rich in nutrition and unique in function, and contains plant albumin and anthocyanin, vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber, which are rare in general plants. Oval, with a diameter of 10~ 12cm, red or yellow in appearance, green round triangular leaflike body, white, red or yellow pulp, and black seeds in fruit. It's cool. In the natural state, the fruit ripens in summer and autumn and tastes sweet and juicy.

The pulp can be divided into red, white and yellow according to different colors.

Red meat is called red dragon fruit, white meat is called Yulong fruit, and yellow meat is called Huanglong fruit. Pitaya is named after its fleshy scales resemble those of dragons. So people generally call all colors pitaya, which is actually a misunderstanding. People eat pitaya for its health and longevity, so its common name is longevity fruit. Some scholars in Taiwan Province Province think that westerners don't like the name "Dragon", so it is also called "Fairy Honey Fruit", which is more conducive to exporting to European and American countries. "Fairy" belongs to Cactus, and "honey" is a commendatory term rather than sweet as honey.

Because of its small and round shape, purple color and lovely appearance, it is called "Tianxiang No.1 Red Dragon Fruit" by the world, and also known as "the king of anticancer fruits in China". Because of its small planting area, excellent quality and good taste, it is sold as high-grade fruit in Beijing, and the price remains high. At present, the retail price of the market hovers between 65,438 yuan +06 yuan -28 yuan per catty.