The jicama is a plant legume, native to Mexico and Central America, grown especially for its tuber edible. It was successfully introduced by the Spanish in the Philippines which is known as singkamas and from there spread to Indonesia, the islands of the Pacific, southeast Asia and China. The plant is a vine that grows [...]
Kiwifruit is a ground vine native to the slopes of the Himalayas, southern China, introduced into New Zealand in 1904 and since then cultivated in many temperate regions for its fruit edible. The name “kiwi” was granted in New Zealand, possibly by a remote similarity in appearance between the fruit covered with villi and the [...]
The traditional medicine of Central America Indians attributes to Pitaya amazing digestive qualities. Indeed, the natural fat that gives it the seeds contain a laxative effect. 100 grams of fruit contain only fifty calories and dragon fruit is rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and betacyanin (mainly red-fleshed variety). The red pitahaya (Hylocereus sp.), has [...]
