Taxon:
Passiflora edulis Sims f. edulis
Summary
Verified:
07/31/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1988. Flora of Ecuador. 31:101.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Reitz, R., ed. 1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:244. URL: http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
purple granadilla – purple passionfruit – French
grenadille – German
Eierfrucht – Maracuja – Purpurgrenadille – Portuguese
maracujá – Spanish
granada de castilla – granadilla – maracuyá –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | n. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics & subtropics |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina (n.), Paraguay
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics & subtropics)
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 | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. |
Human food | oil/fat | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. |