Yellow pitaya, originally from Ecuador, has taken root in Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province.
Zhu Quankai, general manager of a local company, introduced yellow pitaya, which is sweet with a high nutritional value, to the province. Zhu's company planted this golden fruit across Hainan, with a planting base in Yinggen township, Qiongzhong being the most successful one.
Seedlings of yellow pitaya at a planting base in Qiongzhong Li and Miao autonomous county, south China's Hainan Province. (People's Daily Online/Meng Fansheng)
Qiongzhong boasts of a climate more similar to that of the fruit's place of origin situated at a high altitude and low latitude, Zhu said.
According to Zhu, the planting base covers a total area of 500 mu (33.3 hectares), including 100 mu for yellow pitaya. Over 10 varieties of tropical crops are planted there.
