Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis is 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.

Uses

Anxiety, Adjustment disorder, Hyperacidity, Joint 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
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Passion Fruit, Passion flower

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

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}}}

Other features

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.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical regions.

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External Links

• Passiflora edulis on wikipedia.org