Passion fruit

Passiflora edulis

Also known as Juice fruit, The edible passion, Edible passion flower, Granadilla, Maracuya, Purple granadilla, Parcha

Climber

About Passion fruit

Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil, through Paraguay, and northern Argentina. The fruit is a pepo, a type of botanical berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The plant is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit. This is both eaten and juiced, with the juice often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plant Details

Scientific name: Passiflora edulis
Genus: Passiflora
Family: PASSIFLORACEAE
Habit: Climber
Native to: East and West tropical S. America
Distribution: Cultivated in most parts of the world
Flowering & fruiting: March-May
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Local Names

Hindi: कृष्ण फल
Nepali: झुमके लहरो Jhumke laharo, लहरे आँप
Bengali: মারাকুজা
Tamil: தாட்பூட்பழம்
Telugu: కౌరవ పాండవ పువ్వు
Kannada: ಗಡಿಯಾರದಹೂ Gadiyaarada hoo, ಜುಮಕಿಹೂ/ಜುಮಿಕಿಹೂ Jumaki hoo, ಕದಂಬಹಣ್ಣು Kadamba hannu
Malayalam: പാഷൻ ഫ്രൂട്ട്, Passiflora edulis, പാഷൻഫ്രൂട്ട്

Botanical family

Passifloraceae

Passionflower family

Passion fruit belongs to the Passifloraceae family.

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