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Pitaya. Dragon fruit sold in a market in Chiayi, Taiwan. A pitaya ( / pɪˈtaɪ.ə /) or pitahaya ( / ˌpɪtəˈhaɪ.ə /) is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. [ 1][ 2] Pitaya is cultivated in East Asia, South Asia ...
Siraitia grosvenorii. Siraitia grosvenorii, also known as monk fruit, monkfruit, luohan guo, or Swingle fruit, is a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is native to southern China. The plant is cultivated for its fruit extract containing mogrosides. Mogroside extract has been used as a low- calorie sweetener for ...
Diospyros kaki, the Oriental persimmon, [ 2] Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon, [ 3] is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780, [ 4][ 3] D. kaki cultivation in China dates back more than 2000 years.
Fruit 2 O, formerly manufactured by Kraft, is a lightly flavored, non-carbonated water beverage introduced in 1999. Fruit2o was introduced to compete not only with ...
The Golden Starfruit Tree ( Vietnamese: Ăn khế trả vàng, lit. 'Eating starfruit and paying with gold' or simply Vietnamese: Cây khế, lit. 'The starfruit tree') is a Vietnamese folktale. It tells the story of a poor farmer who is paid handsomely by a magical bird after letting it feed on his starfruit tree, and his rich older brother ...
Binomial name. Citrus unshiu. (Yu.Tanaka ex Swingle) Marcow. Citrus unshiu is a semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as the satsuma mandarin or Japanese mandarin. [ 1] During the Edo period of Japan, kishu mikans were more popular because there was a popular superstition that eating Citrus unshiu without seeds made people ...
The persimmon ( / pərˈsɪmən /) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the kaki persimmon, Diospyros kaki [ 1] – Diospyros is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-persimmon species of the genus are grown for ebony timber. In 2019, China produced 75% of the ...
Raw passion fruit is 73% water, 23% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 1% fat (table). In a 100 gram reference amount, raw passion fruit supplies 97 calories, and is a rich source of vitamin C (33% of the Daily Value, DV) and a moderate source of riboflavin (10% DV), and potassium (12% DV) (table). No other micronutrients are in significant content.