Passion fruit | Passionfruit
SpeciesoffloweringplantinthepassionflowerfamilyPassifloraceaePassifloraedulis,commonlyknownaspassionfruit,isavinespeciesofpassionflowernativetosouthernBrazilthroughParaguayandnorthernArgentina.[1]Itiscultivatedcommerciallyintropicalandsubtropicalareasforitssweet,seedyfruit.Thefruitisapepo,atypeofberry,roundtooval,eitheryellowordarkpurpleatmaturity,withasofttofirm,juicyinteriorfilledwithnumerousseeds.Thefruitisbotheatenandjuiced,thejuiceoftenaddedtootherfruitjuicestoenhancearoma.Etymology[edi...
Species of flowering plant in the passion flower family Passifloraceae
Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil through Paraguay and northern Argentina.[1] It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit. The fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten and juiced, the juice often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.
Etymology[edit]The passion fruit is so called because it is one of the many species of passion flower, the English translation of the Latin genus name, Passiflora.[1] Around 1700, the name was given by missionaries in Brazil as an educational aid while trying to convert the indigenous inhabitants to Christianity; its name was flor das cinco chagas or "flower of the five wounds" to illustrate the ...