Plant
Passion fruit
Passiflora edulis
Also known as: Passiflora edulis, maracujá
A climbing vine native to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina — the most-cultivated species of the *Passiflora* genus (~500 species, mostly New World tropical vines). The 'passion' in the common name refers to the Passion of Christ — 17th-century Spanish missionaries used the elaborate flower's parts (five wounds, crown of thorns, three nails) as a teaching tool. The fruit's intensely aromatic pulp is foundational to Brazilian, Hawaiian, Australian, and South African dessert cuisines.
Scientific
Passiflora edulis (family Passifloraceae) is one of ~500 Passiflora species native to the New World tropics. Two principal cultivar forms: the purple passion fruit (cool-climate, smaller, sweeter) and the yellow passion fruit (tropical, larger, more acidic; the dominant commercial form in Brazil).
The genus is famously rich in alkaloids and glycosides — several Passiflora species (especially P. incarnata) are used in traditional medicine as anxiolytic and sleep-aid preparations.
Cultural and historical
Native to southern South America. The “passion” name comes from Spanish Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century South America, who used the flower as a teaching aid: the ten “petals” represent the ten faithful apostles, the corona filaments the crown of thorns, the five stamens the five wounds, the three stigmas the three nails of the cross.
Global production
Top producers: Brazil (which produces ~75% of global supply), Peru, Ecuador, Indonesia, Colombia. Maracujá juice is the everyday Brazilian beverage equivalent of orange juice in the US — sold fresh at street stands and in cafés across the country.
See also
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- Shares approach with: [[pineapple]] · [[sugarcane]] · [[rambutan]] · [[petunia]] · [[peanut]] · [[papaya]]
- Member of: [[plants]]
- Produced by: [[cnpo-dr-stanley-nutricao-e-bem-estar-ltda-indaiatuba-sp]]
Sources
- FAO Crop Statistics
- Wikipedia — Passiflora edulis
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