Dragon fruit is called Wikipedia?

[girlstar]

I was at T&T today and saw dragon fruit and the sign advertising the price read this and I was puzzled as I didn't think dragon fruit shared the same name as the online encyclopedia Wikipedia??? Yet the tag on the packages didn't say wikipedia on it. I found this to be interesting lol. Are they really called wikipedia fruit? I took a pic with my phone...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/432830141_fff238c321.jpg?v=0

[MasterXan]

so it's called Dragon fruit? lol at first, I kept calling it Chinese Kiwi

[Galay]

Yes it's always been called dragon fruit.

[Emancipated]

It's called sesame (seed) fruit in my language.

Why the hell does it say Wikipedia which is actually 2 words combined.

[jerryhung]

火龍果
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%81%AB%E9%BE%99%E6%9E%9C

which is not really related to Chinese at all

It is so cheap to grow (in Taiwan) on your own
free fruits!!

[duckdown]

Just like the internet wikipedia; these things are bland & boring

[Evil Techie]

Just like the internet wikipedia; these things are bland & boring
dragon fruit (also called pitaya) is sweet and there is a distinct flavour with it

its unique enuf that i wouldnt call it bland and boring
just my personal opinion

thats prob a big typo @ T&T

[Pro]

so it's called Dragon fruit? lol at first, I kept calling it Chinese Kiwi

I recently had a chance to try one of these. At first it definately reminded me of a kiwi, the green kind. I found the taste of this fruit to be very...blah! Not much taste to it at all. It could have been unripe but damn! So so boring. Kinda like watching paint dry.

[zedison]

Didn't know about the name 'Wikipedia', but I believe the red variety of dragon fruit is also called 'Red Pitahaya' if I am not mistaken.

See the last page of this week's Valu-mart flyer for an example:
http://www.valumart.ca/this_weeks_flyer.asp

[4flava]

I have one at home right now..doesn't really have a taste to it.

My favourite all time fruit is the MANGOSTEEN!! best fruit in the world!

[UrbanPoet]

i have dragon fruit. thats the one with white flesh and a bunch of seeds in it right?

[Mike_wang]

lol! I think they copied and paste wrongly ;D

They ment to copy the Dragon Fruit in chinese characters

[4flava]

i have dragon fruit. thats the one with white flesh and a bunch of seeds in it right?

Yeah, that's it.

[Phuman]

LOL i saw it too .....it got me kinda puzzled when i was reading it ahaha

[Xtahse]

from the Chinese reading isn't it "fire dragon melon/fruit"?

I will be sure to eat a million of them when I go back to Taiwan this summer. They are really good, sweet & juicy!

[Big Brother]

Wikipedia? LOL @ the display

My parents call these "lantern fruit" in chinese

[CdTriX]

In vietnamese it's called "Thanh Long" i can't really translate but man.. it's SUPER REFRESHING.... on a hot 45 degree day super dry day in vietnam.. these things will be absolutely amazing

i ate TRUCKLOADS of dragon fruit in vietnam....

it's like rambutan... or rather "chom chom" in vietnamese... sooo amazing.. it sucks ass over here but is amazing over there