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Passiflora edulis

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Passiflora edulis

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Also known as passion fruit, passionfruit, guarani

species of plant

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Passiflora edulis is a species of plant in the family Passifloraceae. It belongs to the genus Passiflora and is classified within the order Malpighiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as Passiflora edulis Sims. Common names for this taxon include purple granadilla, Passion fruit, Punapassio, Markisa, and water lemon. It is the source of passionfruit and has uses as a medicinal plant and food.

The native range of Passiflora edulis includes Northeast, South, Southeast, and West-Central Brazil, as well as Northeast Argentina and Paraguay. Records also list Pará, Paraná, Paraíba, and the Federal District. The species is accepted as a valid taxon. Occurrence data is held by institutions such as UNICACH, FC-UNAM, IEA-UAT, IIB-UV, and ECOSUR, with records from Mexico.

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Species

water lemon

Passiflora edulis

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyPassifloraceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay
Observations recorded16,340

Passiflora edulis La grenadille, fruit de la passion (Passiflora edulis), est une plante grimpante de la famille des Passifloraceae, originaire de Colombie [1], du Venezuela, du Paraguay, du Brésil et du nord-est de l'Argentine. Elle tire son nom des divers éléments de sa fleur faisant allusion aux instruments de la Passion du Christ ; elle est cultivée pour ses fruits à pulpe comestible nommés fruits de la passion ou maracudja (mot créole[2] venant du tupi « mara kuya »). En Nouvelle-Calédonie, ils sont appelés « pomme-lianes » ; au Venezuela « parchita » ; à Porto Rico « parcha » ; à Haïti « grenadia », et au Brésil « maracujá »[Note 1]. Comme pour la vigne, la culture se fait sur des échalas et des fils de fer, dans les régions chaudes (correspondant à la zone de l'oranger). Il existe une centaine de variétés[3], dont la Common Purple, cultivée à Hawaï, la Black Knight, la Edgehill, cultivar aux fruits pourpres semblable à la Black Knight mais encore plus vigoureux et très planté en Californie, la Kahuna, la Perfecta (aux gros fruits) ou la Brazilian Golden. Sommaire 1 Particularité 2 Description de la grenadille 3 Écologie 4 Composition 5 Propriétés pharmacologiques 5.1 Activit

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,817
With media
1,087
Family
Passifloraceae
Collections
UNICACH, FC-UNAM, IEA-UAT, IIB-UV, ECOSUR, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG
Recorded in
Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Passiflora edulis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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