Thai White (White Flesh)

Thai White is the classic pink-skinned, white-fleshed dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus) and the type most often recommended for a first planting, because it is generally self-fertile — it sets fruit without a separate pollen-donor cultivar, which removes the single biggest pitfall new growers hit with the red clones. Its flesh is milder and less intensely sweet than the red types, and it usually fetches a lower price, but it crops dependably and is the easiest dragon fruit to manage. Many growers plant it both as a crop in its own right and as a reliable pollen source alongside self-incompatible red cultivars.

Plant typeRooted stem cutting (white-flesh cultivar)
MaturityBears from year 1–2; fruiting flushes June–November
Yield potentialHigh and dependable; self-fertile
Disease resistanceNo special resistance widely documented
SoilAll soils
SeasonAll seasons

• Spacing2 m × 2 m to 3 m × 3 m between poles, 3–4 cuttings per pole

Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.

• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
• Karnataka
• Andhra Pradesh
• Telangana
• Tamil Nadu

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  A large, red-skinned, deep red-fleshed cultivar and one of the most widely planted commercial clones in India — prized for size and the high-value red flesh. Like most red types it needs cross-pollination or night hand-pollination for good fruit set.

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• Vietnam Red

  A popular red-fleshed selection of Vietnamese origin, widely multiplied and sold by Indian nurseries, valued for reliable cropping and good red flesh colour. Best cropped with a compatible pollinator nearby.

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• 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.

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• American Beauty

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• Palora (Yellow)

  A yellow-skinned, white-fleshed type (Selenicereus megalanthus, the Ecuadorian "Palora"), the sweetest of the common types and a slow, premium niche crop in India — later-maturing, smaller-fruited and more demanding than the pink-skinned types.

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