Passiflora laurifolia

Passiflora laurifolia

Passiflora laurifolia, commonly known as the water lemon, Jamaican honeysuckle, golden bellapple, pomme liane on Martinique & Guadeloupe and orange lilikoi (yellow lilikoi, or simply lilikoi, is the name given to passiflora edulis v. flavicarpa for the valley where it first grew in Hawai'i), is a species in the family Passifloraceae. It is native to tropical Americas.

Uses

anthelmintic, syphilitic ulcers.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Flavonoids, especially C-glycosyl derivatives of apigenin and luteolin, such as vitexin, isovitexin and orientin, in addition to quercetin, kaempferol, catechin and epicatechin.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	water lemon, Jamaican honeysuckle, golden bellapple, pomme liane

Properties

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

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	ovoid	2 in (5.1 cm) long with a diameter of 3 in (7.6 cm)	green or deep orange skin and white-yellow		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the hot, wet, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 30°c, but can tolerate 12 - 36°c. The plant is not tolerant of frost. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 2,000 - 3,000mm, but tolerates 1,000 - 4,000mm.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest.

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