Cartoon style digital drawing of Dragon Fruit. This drawing is used in an educational coloring book I published. The title of the book is “Learning To Spell All The Fruit Names D to J, Educational Arts And Crafts Activity Coloring Book, Volume 2”.
The book this illustration was created for can be purchased here on Amazon.
The contents and description of this book can be seen here Learning To Spell All The Fruit Names D To J.
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Dragon Fruit is oval shaped and the outer skin ranges in color from pink to red. The flesh of dragon fruit can vary from white to hot pink or deep red with tiny edible black seeds. Whitish dragon fruit often has a mild taste while darker, redder flesh can be sweeter and juicier. Another name for Dragon Fruit is Pitaya, it is a beautiful tropical cactus fruit that is a cousin to the cactus pear. Although it is the fruit of a cactus, it does not have any spines or needles on the outer skin. Dragon fruit tastes like a combination of kiwifruit and pear, and different varieties have different flavors and sweetness levels. This wonderful cactus fruit is speckled with edible seeds and the flesh is high in water content, making it the perfect summer fruit. It also contains multiple classes of antioxidants including flavonoids, phenolic acid, and betacyanin. Plus, the fruit has small amounts of several other key nutrients including vitamin C, iron, magnesium, protein and calcium. It was originally grown in Mexico and Central America, today it can be found growing all over the world in places like Ecuador, Israel, Vietnam, Nicaragua, California and Florida.
