Qinnan Pitaya

Qinnan Pitaya

　　In 2000, Qinnan District successfully introduced the cultivation of red-skinned red-fleshed and yellow-skinned pitaya varieties. The planted area has now expanded to 12,000 mu, making it one of the largest pitaya cultivation and seedling bases in China. The base of Guangxi Qinzhou Gaofeng Agriculture Co., Ltd. is located in Shabu Town, Qinnan District, with a current pitaya planting area of 8,500 mu. The company’s fresh pitaya fruits and related products—such as pitaya enzyme, pitaya red wine, pitaya white wine, pitaya pure pollen, pitaya jam, pitaya branch puree face masks, and pitaya pure honey—are continuously being sold across the country. This has also driven the development of agro-tourism and formed an industrialized business model centered around pitaya.

　　Pitaya, also known as dragon fruit, originates from Central America. Its main varieties include red-skinned white-fleshed, red-skinned red-fleshed, and yellow-skinned series, with the red-skinned red-fleshed and yellow-skinned series being the most prized. The fruit, branches, and flowers of pitaya contain abundant nutritional and therapeutic substances, offering unique efficacy for treating coughs and asthma. They also help prevent constipation, promote eye health, increase bone density, aid in cell membrane formation, prevent anemia and conditions such as neuritis and angular cheilitis, lower cholesterol, whiten skin and prevent dark spots, detoxify heavy metals, combat free radicals, guard against age-related diseases, and inhibit tumor growth.

　　Pitaya suffers from few pests and diseases, and can fulfill its normal nutritional and reproductive growth with almost no need for pesticides or hormones. Therefore, pitaya is considered a green, eco-friendly fruit in terms of consumer perception, and also serves as a health-nourishing food with certain therapeutic benefits.