Health Benefits
Cancer prevention, Improves eye vision, Prevents diabetes, Prevents high blood pressure
Anti-oxidant properties, Anti-aging benefits, Maintains healthy cholesterol level, Weight loss properties
General Benefits
Cures inflamed tonsils, Helps in weight loss, Maintains healthy cholesterol level
Helps in weight loss, Suppresses Arthritis
Skin Benefits
Anti-aging benefits, Protects skin from oxidative stress
Anti-aging benefits, Heals sunburn, Treatment of acne
Hair Benefits
Protects hair
Treatment of colored hair
Allergy
Allergy Symptoms
Anaphylaxis, Coughing, Diarrhea, Eczema, Hives, Itching sensation in throat, Nausea, Skin Rashes, Runny nose, Sneezing, Swelling of mouth, tongue or lips, Vomiting, Wheezing
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Side Effects
Heart burn
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Recommeded for
Pregnant Women
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Lactating Women
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Best Time to Eat
Along with meal, As a snack in the late afternoon, Don't consume at night and before bed, Don't eat after meal, Morning time (before lunch)
Any time except an hour after meal, Don't consume at night and before bed
Type
Fruit vegetable
Berry, Citrus, Fruit vegetable, Melon, Tree fruit, Tropical
Season
All seasons
Early fall, Summer
Varieties
Tamarillo bold gold, Tamarillo red beau, Tamarillo tango and Tamarillo teds red
Selenicereus megalanthus and Hylocereus polyrhizus
Seedless Variety
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Color
Orange, Red, Yellow
Magenta, Pink
Inside Color
Creamy Yellow
White
Shape
Round
Oval
Texture
Fleshy
Fleshy
Taste
Tangy, Tart
Bland
Origin
South Africa
Central America, Mexico
Grows on
Trees
Trees
Cultivation
Soil Type
Sandy loam, Well-drained
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Soil pH
5.8-75.5-7
3.5
10
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Climatic Conditions
Rainfall, Warm
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Botanical Name
Solanum betaceum
Hylocereus undatus
Synonym
tree tomato, genus Cyphomandra, Cyphomandra
Pitaya, Red Pitahaya, Night blooming Cereus, Strawberry Pear, Belle of the Night, Conderella plant