Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Passiflora edulis

From Ayurwiki
Revision as of 11:15, 29 June 2020 by Prabhakar (talk | contribs) (Uses)
Jump to: navigation, search
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

Parts Used

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).[1]

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

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

[2]

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

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

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.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

References

External Links