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Passifloraceae FAMILY

Passiflora edulis flavicarpa

Passiflora edulis flavicarpa

Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Passiflora edulis flavicarpa is a vigorous, stout-stemmed, evergreen climbing shrub, producing stems from 2 - 9 metres or more long that scramble over the ground or clamber into other plants for support, attaching themselves by means of coiling tendrils[ 262 Title Passion Flowers Publication Author Vanderplank. J. Publisher Cassell. London. Year 1991 ISBN 0-304-34076-6 Description An excellent book on passion flowers, giving information on hardy species and how to grow the less hardy in greenhouses etc. A bit lacking at times on specific information on hardyness. Excellent photographs. , 1673 Title Passifloraceae Publication Flora Mesoamericana, Volume 3 (2), Passifloraceae, pp 1 - 135 Author MacDougal J.M. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The edible fruit, and especially the juice obtained from it, is greatly appreciated and the plant is commonly cultivated in the tropics and subtropics[ 262 Title Passion Flowers Publication Author Vanderplank. J. Publisher Cassell. London. Year 1991 ISBN 0-304-34076-6 Description An excellent book on passion flowers, giving information on hardy species and how to grow the less hardy in greenhouses etc. A bit lacking at times on specific information on hardyness. Excellent photographs. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The fruit has a tough skin which means it can be exported worldwide and remain in good condition.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - subtropical to tropical Brazil
HabitatCultivated in Mesoamerica, where it has occasionally escaped and rarely become naturalized in tropical thickets and secondary growth areas; at elevations from sea level to 1,500 metres[ 1673 Title Passifloraceae Publication Flora Mesoamericana, Volume 3 (2), Passifloraceae, pp 1 - 135 Author MacDougal J.M. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ].