Dragon fruit became one of the favorite fruits of Indonesian families. This fruit is already very popular in the midst of society. Dragon fruit itself is not a local fruit of Indonesia, although its presence in Indonesia deliberately presented and cultivated to meet the needs of the people of Indonesia.
Dragon fruit comes from Mexico, Central America and South America. This fruit is cultivated almost all over the world including in Asia as in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Vietnam. In fact, in China this fruit is believed to be one of the fruit blessing bearer.
Dragon fruit is the fruit of a kind of cactus plant that has the name Hylocereus and Selenicereus. In Indonesia, there are two types of dragon fruit, namely red dragon fruit and white dragon fruit. Red dragon fruit refers to dragon fruit flesh that has a purplish red color and white dragon fruit refers to the fruit with white flesh. The benefits of red and white dragon fruit almost the same.