Fruit · Medicinal · Vine

Passion Fruit

Passiflora edulis Sims

Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina

Fun factThe vine carries nectar glands on its leaves, outside the flowers, that feed beneficial insects.

A vigorous perennial climbing vine that can exceed 30 m in length, holding on with tendrils and flowering on new growth. The fragrant flowers, 6–8 cm across, have five petals and sepals beneath a fringe of purple-and-white filaments, and are followed by round purple or yellow fruits filled with juicy, aromatic pulp around black seeds. Two forms are grown, the purple and the yellow passion fruit, now treated as one species.

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Fruit Medicinal Vine Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina

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FamilyPassifloraceae

Spanish nameMaracuya

Also known asPurple passion fruit, Yellow passion fruit, Maracuyá, Parcha

Native toBrazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina

Tag	Garden area	Zone	Planted	Status	Sponsored	Note
—	Veg Garden	—	5 July 2019	Planted	—	2 Plants

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