Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis or passion fruit is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil through Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit, commonly called passion fruit. The fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten and juiced, the juice often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.

Uses

Anxiety, Adjustment disorder, Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Pain, Fibromyalgia, Heart failure.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves, Leaves

Chemical Composition

Luteolin (1), Apigenin (2), Luteolin 6-C-glucoside (3), Apigenin 6-C-glucoside (4), Three benzenoids, Vanillic acid (5), P-hydroxybenzoic acid (6), and Syringic acid (7), One quinol, 4-acetyl-3, 5-dimethoxy-p-quinol (8)

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Gadiyaarada hoo, Jumaki hoo, Kadamba hannu
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Passion Fruit, Edible Passion Flower, Passion flower, Purple granadilla

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	round in outline	perennial vine; tendrils are borne in leaf axils, and have a red or purple hue when young.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual		green sepals and 5 white petals		The flower has 5 oblong. The sepals and petals are 4-6mm in length and form a fringe. The base of the flower is a rich purple with 5 stamens, an ovary, and a branched style

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	ovoid	The fruit is 4—7.5 cm in diameter; purple fruits are smaller, weighing around 35 grams, while yellow fruits are closer to 80 grams. The smooth, leathery rind is 9–13 mm thick, including a thick layer of pith.	ark-purple with fine white specks to light yellow.		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Passion fruit is widely grown in tropical and semitropical regions of the world.In the United States, it is grown in Florida, Hawaii, and California. They generally have to be protected from frost, although certain cultivars have survived light frosts after heavy pruning of affected areas.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical regions.

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