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Passiflora incarnata (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction
List of species


Passiflora incarnata L.


Family: Passifloraceae

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.