Taxon:
Passiflora maliformis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:956. 1753
Verified:
07/31/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
conch-apple – sweet-calabash – sweetcup – French
pomme calabas – German
Apfel-Grenadille – Spanish
curuba – granadilla de hueso – granadilla de piedra – Swedish
äppelgrenadill –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
Native
Southern America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador (n.)
Cultivated
Southern America
Naturalized
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. |
Human food | fruit | edible, but not commercially planted | Ocampo Pérez, J. et al. 2007. Diversity of Colombian Passifloraceae: biogeography and an updated list for conservation. Biota Colomb. 8:1-45. |