pitaya

• “Edgar Valdivia, 70, escorted visitors through his shady San Fernando Valley backyard to show off spiky, pink dragon fruit, which is also known as a pitaya (pih-TIE'-yuh) or pitahaya”

  SFGate: Top News Stories

• “The fruit with the crimson skin and black seeds is dragon fruit (Hylocereus cacti ) by the way, also known as pitaya (and there’s a wikipedia article on it under that name).”

  Chinese feast | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

• “The name Sinaloa, incidentally, is thought to derive from cinaro (pitaya or cactus).”

  El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona

• “Locals call some of the smaller cacti "pitayas," in reference to their sweet, pitaya fruit, "chilillos," referring to the tiny chile pepper-like fruit, or chivitos (literally, "little goats").”

  Wildflower hunting in Durango

• “The region has native fruits like araticum, buriti, cagaita, ingá, jatobá, magaba, pitaya, pitomba and pequi that are eaten regionally but are often little known in the rest of Brazil.”

  Chris McGowan: The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem

• “Fruit is often used in preserves and desserts, including pears cooked in cinnamon and sugar syrup, walnut brittle, cakes topped with marmalade, and pitaya (cactus fruit) gelatin.”

  The Cuisine of Hidalgo: Spanning Climates and Cultures

• “Much lesser known, but undoubtedly a delicacy among the Mexican fruits is the pitaya.”

  Nopales, tunas and pitayas

• “I didn't know if it's the same as a pitaya, but a quick google search tells me so.”

  Hawaiian Fruit Part II: White Dragon Fruit

• “This fruit comes from the pitaya cactus, and the pulp is a bit softer than melon.”

  Tropical Fruit Reviews

• “The rain came pelting down, shattering the white Saint John roses clustered like sheaves of stars clinging to tree, rock, bush, and pitaya over the entire mountainside.”

  The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution

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