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Passiflora incarnata

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{{stub}}[[File:Passiflora incarnata maypop.JPG|thumb|right|'''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==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==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.
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=|ksml=|mlsa=|mrta=|pate=|tahi=|teen=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.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herbs}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|Simple Fruit|ovoid|2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad||yellowish berry|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Passiflora incarnata 004.JPGFile:Passiflora incarnata maypop.JPGFile:Passion Vine NBG LR.jpgFile:Passiflora fruit 8043.jpg
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==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.phcogrev.com/sites/default/files/PhcogRev-3-5-186.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ref> <ref name="Leaf">["Passiflora_incarnata Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]<https://ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by Cen.Pwikipedia.Khareorg/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata Cultivation Details]</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata Passiflora incarnata]* [ ]* [ ]
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