Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Dragon fruit, also called pitaya, pitahaya, or strawberry pear, is an oval-shaped ...

A staple throughout the Southwest, this desert fruit adds flavor and color to cocktails, salads, salsas, desserts, and more.

The cactus has a dull-gray, fleshy stem with shrubby branches that can grow to a lofty height of 6 feet. It has relatively small, scale-like bright red flowers and yellow egg-shaped fruit. HABITAT: ...

is the fruit of the Opuntia cactus, also called nopal cactus. In botanical terms, the small, plump prickly pear is, in fact, a berry, measuring 2 to 5 inches, and ranging in color from red to pale ...