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Passiflora incarnata

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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

Boils, Wounds, Earaches, Liver problems.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

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. [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English 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

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
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.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple Fruit Ovoid 2-7 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad Yellowish berry {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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