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Passiflora edulis var. edulis

Authority	Sims
Family	Magnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Violales:Passifloraceae
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Ecocrop code	8368

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A vigorous, woody or semi-woody vine, up to 15 m long, climbing by means of tendrils, with purple fruits. USES Cultivated for its sweet fruit. Ripe passion fruits are eaten, pulp and seeds, from the shell. The pulp is used for making jams and jellies and is processed into juice, nectars, and flavoring. The fruit is a good source of vitamin A. KILLING T Young plants will not tolerate frost, while mature plants may survive -2°C. GROWING PERIOD Perennial, growing 330 days before first harvest and with an economical life of 3-6 years. The plant require 60-80 days from pollination to maturity and normally produces two crops a year. COMMON NAMES Purple passion fruit, Granadilla, Grenadille, Grenadilla, Passion fruit, Passiflore, Fruta de la pasion. FURTHER INF Purple passion fruit is native of southern Brazil. It can be grown between sea level and 900 m in the subtropics and from 900-2000 m or even higher in the tropics. It thrives in humid conditions but require dry weather during pollination and cold winds can be harmful. Average annual yield of fruit may be about 8-15 t/ha, but yields up to 50 t/ha have been reported from Kenya. Mentioned as a useful agroforestry species.
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SOURCES (P. edulis Sims var. edulis) Sims D (pers. comm.) Roecklein J 1987 pp 20 [USE] Duke J 1979 pp 104 Purseglove J 1974 pp 420-426 [RAIN, TEXT, DRA] Chew W 1979 pp 133 Rehm S 1991 pp 196-197 [USE] Maas E 1990 pp 280 Rice R 1990 pp 135-138 [KTMP, LIMIT, FER] Samson J 1986 pp 291-295 [RAIN, FER, DRA, PH, LIMIT] Popenoe W 1974 pp 241 Williams C 1979a pp 133-134 [RAIN, LIMIT, FER, DRA, PH] Nair P 1980 pp 145-148 [RAIN, TEXT, FER, DRA, USE] Verheij E 1991 pp 244-247 [USE, TEXT, FER, PH, RAIN, TEMP]