Speaking of cacti, everyone is familiar with it, whether it is a city or a rural person will have its shadow in their lives, or on the desk, or on the balcony, even the earthen walls in the countryside in the past are covered with cacti. But few people have ever seen the cactus fruit, let alone eaten it.
Cactus fruit is the fruit of the cactus genus, there are many varieties of cactus, but there are very few varieties that can produce a variety of syrupy and delicious fruit, and cactus that can generally produce edible cactus fruit are distributed on beach cliffs in tropical areas.
Cactus fruit has great use value in terms of nutrition and health care. The pulp is rich in trace elements, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides, flavonoids and pectin.
A bite of the cactus fruit is full of blood red, which is rich in anthocyanins and has strong antioxidant functions. The extract of cactus fruit can also promote the regeneration of skin cells, which has the function of accelerating wound healing and moisturizing and maintaining the skin.
Cactus fruit is now less grown in rural areas because it takes four years to bear fruit, which is not only difficult to harvest but also has a long growth period and less yield. The cactus fruit has many tiny bristle spines on its outer skin, which can be pricked if you are not careful when picking. So bring thick leather gloves when picking and use forceps to pull out the small thorns.
What needs everyone to pay attention to is that the cactus fruit is not pulled out of the outside thorn on the way, do not eat because of gluttony, directly to the mouth, because there is also an "octagonal thorn" in the flesh of the cactus fruit, must be picked out before eating.
Each cactus fruit has an "octagonal thorn" on its head, which is located between the second and third rows of spines on the head, and must be cut with a knife before being eaten before use.