State that has renamed the dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’


State that has renamed the dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’


[A] Assam
[B] Gujarat
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Goa



ANSWER
[B] Gujarat

State that has renamed the dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’

  • Gujarat
  • Dragon fruit is a heracerous perennial climbing cactus widely known as pitaya that has origin in Southern Mexico, Central America and South America.
  • It grows in all kinds of soil and does not require much water.
  • Its cultivation is done in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mizoram and Nagaland.