Moroccan Red
A red-skinned, red-fleshed cultivar sold widely in India, known for sweet, intensely coloured flesh. Shares the self-incompatibility of most red types, so it needs cross-pollination or hand-pollination for good fruit set.
Quick facts
- Type
- Rooted stem cutting (red-flesh cultivar)
- Season
- All seasons
- Maturity period
- Bears from year 1тАУ2; fruiting flushes JuneтАУNovember
- Expected yield
- High with good pollination
- Suitable soil
- All soils
About this variety
Moroccan Red is a red-skinned, red-fleshed dragon fruit cultivar тАФ named for its origin тАФ widely offered as rooted cuttings by Indian nurseries and valued for sweet, deeply coloured flesh that sells into the premium red-flesh market. It behaves like the other red clones in the field: vigorous, heavy-cropping when well pollinated, but partly self-incompatible, so it should be grown alongside a compatible pollen donor or hand-pollinated at night. Growers often plant two or three red cultivars together both to secure pollination and to spread fruit size and quality across the block.
Key characteristics
Sowing & cultivation
- Spacing2 m ├Ч 2 m to 3 m ├Ч 3 m between poles, 3тАУ4 cuttings per pole
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
Bears from year 1тАУ2; fruiting flushes JuneтАУNovember
Expected yield
High with good pollination
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- No special resistance widely documented
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Sweet, intensely coloured red flesh for the premium fresh market.
- Readily available and pairs well with other red cultivars in a mixed block.
Things to consider
- Partly self-incompatible тАФ pollination must be managed as for other red types.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for тАФ check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Gujarat
- Maharashtra
- Karnataka