Passiflora incarnata (PROSEA)
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Vernacular names
- Apricot vine, maypop (En).
Distribution
Wild in southern United States. Occasionally cultivated also in India, Italy, Cuba and South-East Asia.
Uses
The fruits are eaten raw or prepared into drinks and ice-creams. Plant also used medicinally.
Observations
Climbing vine, 7-10 m long with deeply 3-lobed leaves and purplish-white flowers. Fruit an ovoid berry, about 5 cm long, yellow. Up to 1500 m altitude.
Selected sources
5, 51, 52, 93.