Passiflora foetida

Passiflora foetida

Passiflora foetida (common names: wild maracuja, bush passion fruit, marya-marya, wild water lemon, stinking passionflower,stoneflower love-in-a-mist or running pop) is a species of passion flower out of 550 species of Passiflora that is native to the southwestern United States (southern Texas and Arizona), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, Africa ,and much of South America.

Uses

emmenagogue, headache.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

phytochemicals such as carbohydrates, protein, fat, reducing sugar, ascorbic acid, flavonoids, alkaloid, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium, amino acid, cholesterol and phenolic compounds.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Kukkiballi
Hindi	झुमका लता Jhumka lata
Malayalam	Chirranchantiya, Poochapalam
Tamil	Siruppunaikkali, Chiru punai-k-kali, Mupparisavalli
Telugu	Tellajumiki
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Love-in-a-mist, Stinking passionflower

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 three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy	When crushed, these leaves give off a pungent odor that some people consider unpleasant.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	broadly ovate	white to pale cream		about 5–6 cm diameter

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	ovoid	2–3 cm diameter	yellowish-orange to red		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in warm temperate to tropical areas. Plants require a temperature no lower than around 16°c when they are flowering in order to ensure fruit set. Requires a humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil and a position in dappled shade.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest.

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