{"id":77959,"date":"2021-01-23T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T05:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=77959"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:58:38","slug":"dragon-fruit-to-be-renamed-as-kamalam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dragon-fruit-to-be-renamed-as-kamalam\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon fruit to be renamed as \u2018kamalam\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gujarat government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to &#8216;Kamalam&#8217;.The word \u2018Kamalam\u2019 is a Sanskrit word and the shape of the dragon fruit resembles the lotus flower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dragon Fruit: <\/strong>It is the fruit of a species of wild cactus indigenous to South and Central America, where it is called pitaya or pitahaya.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Largest Producer: <\/strong>The world\u2019s largest producer and exporter of dragon fruit is, Vietnam. The Vietnamese call it \u201cthanh long\u201d which translates to \u201cdragon\u2019s eyes\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefits of Dragon Fruit: <\/strong>Dragon fruit is considered to be one of the tropical superfoods due to its nutrient richness. It is rich in nutrients and low in calories. It is believed to help in the control of chronic illnesses, improves the health of the alimentary canal, and boosting the body\u2019s immunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dragon Fruit in India:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Being a cactus family it requires long days for flowering. Dragon fruit cultivation is well suited in the agro-climatic regions of Southern, Western, and North-Eastern India that are dry, and frost-free.<\/li>\n<li>It was brought to India in the 1990s and is grown in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/gujarat-to-patent-dragon-fruit-as-kamalam\/articleshow\/80376965.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><strong>Article Source<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why in News? Gujarat government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to &#8216;Kamalam&#8217;.The word \u2018Kamalam\u2019 is a Sanskrit word and the shape of the dragon fruit resembles the lotus flower. Facts: Dragon Fruit: It is the fruit of a species of wild cactus indigenous to South and Central America,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dragon-fruit-to-be-renamed-as-kamalam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dragon fruit to be renamed as \u2018kamalam\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":78018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127],"tags":[1427],"class_list":["post-77959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","tag-agri_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Dragon-fruit-to-be-renamed-as-kamalam.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704927454},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}