Photos of India's export-quality pink-white dragon fruit

Anandrao Pawar from Tadsar village and Rajaram Deshmukh from Vangi village of Sangli district have become the first farmers to have gotten their dragon fruits of pink-white variety (pink skin and white flesh) exported from India - TNN

Batch of exotic 'Kamalam' fruit, each weighing 50kg, were exported to Dubai - TNN

The export of the dragon fruit, which is just 150 acres under cultivation in drought-prone areas of Sangli district, has raised the hopes of the farmers - TNN

According to agriculture officials, the cultivation of this fruit is replacing the grape cultivation in the arid parts of the district - TNN

Anandrao Pawar was the first farmer to dare grow the crop of cactus species on hilly terrains of Kadegaon tehsil - TNN

Anandrao Pawar started cultivation of dragon fruit six years ago - TNN

Inspired from Pawar, Rajaram Deshmukh, another elderly farmer from neighbouring village decided to take up the dragon fruit farming - TNN

There are three main varieties of dragon fruit -- white flesh with pink skin, red flesh with pink skin, and white flesh with yellow skin - TNN

Since the fruit has spikes and petals resembling lotus, it is referred as 'Kamalam' - TNN