Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora incarnata

Passiflora incarnata, commonly known as maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot, and wild passion vine, is a fast-growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora, the maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens. One of the hardiest species of passionflower, it is both found as a wildflower in the southern United States and in cultivation for its fruit and striking bluish purple blooms.

Uses

boils, wounds, earaches, liver problems.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

incarnata contains simple indole alkaloids based on β- carboline ring system namely harman, harmol, harmine, harmalol and harmaline (21). Content of harman and harmine, determined by direct spectrofluorimetric methods on TLC plates, and has been reported to be 10–20 g/100 ml in the medicinal fluid extract of P.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot

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	Leaves are alternate and palmately 3-lobed and occasionally 5-lobed	Measuring 6–15 centimetres (2.4–5.9 in). They have two characteristic glands at the base of the blade on the petiole.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Broadly ovate	Cream white		Flowers have five bluish-white petals. They exhibit a white and purple corona, a structure of fine appendages between the petals and stamens. The large flower is typically arranged in a ring above the petals and sepals

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	Ovoid	2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad	Yellowish berry		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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