Ecuadorian Mini Yellow Dragon Fruit (Pitahaya/Pitaya) (Single)

• Please note that Fruits will come in a variation of sizes, weights and colours.
• You'll receive 1 per order of this item
  
• What is picked and packed is purely based on availability at that time
• We aim to send these fruits on the unripe side so they have more time to ripen. If unripe fruits are not available, it is likely riper fruits with enough time to travel and consume will arrive (ready or close to ready to eat).

Imported from Ecuador

Ecuador Mini Yellow Dragon Fruit (Pitahaya/Pitaya) (Single)

Its flavour is mild and sweet with some floral notes and it resembles the taste of kiwifruit or cactus pear. Many people believe that it has the sweetest and finest taste of all pitaya. Its flesh also has a slight crunch but it is softer when compared to watermelon.

The dragon fruit is actually a species of cactus which is indigenous to the Americas. It is classified within the broad category of pitaya or pitahaya which also belong to the family Cactaceae. Dragon fruits are a distinct category of pitaya known as the sweet pitaya and they are different compared to sour pitaya variety both in taste and in texture. Sweet pitaya come in three types known as white-fleshed pitaya, red-fleshed pitaya and yellow pitaya. 

It originated from America and specifically it is native in the areas of Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The fruits are still cultivated there and exported all over the world with Colombia being the largest producer.

Apart from the South American areas, the fruit has been introduced in the USA and it is now cultivated in southern California and in Florida.

This fruit is produced in several countries in Latin America; one of the pioneering countries was Colombia; however, the type of pitahaya they provide is a different spice from Ecuador.

Ecuador has a Yellow Dragon Fruit, endemic, and unique in the world, which have caught the attention of countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, where the demand for this fruit is very a large, and has increased the exports from 1997.

Currently, Ecuador is specialized in the production of Yellow Dragon Fruit. The larger Pitahaya production is grown in the Ecuadorian Amazon, mainly in Palora the area where the first native species were found, which is why this fruit is currently known as Pitahaya Palora.