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Raw passion fruit is 73% water, 23% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 1% fat (table). In a 100-gram reference amount, raw passion fruit supplies 97 calories and is a rich source of vitamin C (33% of the Daily Value , DV) and a moderate source of riboflavin (10% DV), and potassium (12% DV) (table).
Most species have round or elongated edible fruit. The passion fruit or maracujá (P. edulis) is cultivated extensively in the Caribbean, South America, south Florida and South Africa for its fruit, which is used as a source of juice. A small pink fruit that wrinkles easily and a larger shiny yellow to orange fruit are traded under this name.
The passion fruit is so called because it is one of the many species of passion flower, the English translation of the Latin genus name, Passiflora. [1] Around 1700, the name was given by missionaries in Brazil as an educational aid while trying to convert the indigenous inhabitants to Christianity; its name was flor das cinco chagas or "flower of the five wounds" to illustrate the crucifixion ...
Passion fruit is the fruit with the most protein. This wonder-fruit contains about 5 grams of protein per one cup serving. (An egg, by comparison, has about 6 grams of protein.)
The seed of a sweet granadilla. Passiflora ligularis, commonly known as the sweet granadilla or grenadia, is a plant species in the genus Passiflora. [1] [2] It is known as granadilla in Bolivia, Colombia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, The Azores, South Africa, and Peru, granadilla común in Guatemala, granadilla de China or parcha dulce in Venezuela, maracuja doce in Brazil, and ...
With Florida in peak passion fruit season, researchers are eyeing the sweet tropical fruit as a cash crop. At $3 per piece of fruit at some supermarkets, farmers are able to get $5 per pound for ...
The name loquat derives from Cantonese lou 4 gwat 1 (Chinese: 盧橘; pinyin: lújú; lit. 'black orange'). The phrase 'black orange' originally referred to unripened kumquats, which are dark green in color, but the name was mistakenly applied to the loquat by the ancient Chinese poet Su Shi when he was residing in southern China, and the mistake was widely taken up by the Cantonese region ...
Rambutan fruit is 78% water, 21% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and has negligible fat (table; data are for canned fruit in syrup; raw fruit data are unpublished). In terms of nutritional content, the canned fruit contains only manganese at a moderate level (16% of the Daily Value ), while providing 82 calories in a 100 gram reference amount (table).