Pitaya dulce

Stenocereus spp.

fruit

A red fruit with red flesh and small black seeds, sweet as watermelon, picked with a pole in summer.

Origin

Sonoran Desert (Mexico, Arizona)

Season (United States)

June to August · grows in your region

Preparation

The fruit is peeled of its spiny skin, and the flesh eaten raw with a spoon, with its tiny seeds.

Molecules

BetalainsIn small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

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