Can you eat cactus fruit? They are surprisingly sweet!

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- 🌵 **Cactus fruit** mostly grows on the top of the stem of cactus plants and is an edible fruit.
- 🍉 The outer skin has thorns and needs to be peeled carefully; the flesh is mostly purple-red or orange-yellow, and tastes sweet and tastes like dragon fruit or watermelon.
- 💡 It is rich in vitamin C, anthocyanins, and dietary fiber, and has antioxidant, laxative, heat-clearing and fire-reducing effects.
- 📍 The main production areas are the arid areas of the southwest, South America, and Mexico, and it is also introduced and cultivated in the arid hilly areas of northwest and southwest China.