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Raw passion fruit is 73% water, 23% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 1% fat (table). In a reference amount of 100 g (3.5 oz), 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 and potassium (table). No other micronutrients are in significant content (table).
Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix ...
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 ...
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.
† Passiflora edulis Sims – passion fruit, maracujá, parcha (Puerto Rico), wal dodam (Sinhalese), yellow granadilla, likkoi, marucuyá; Passiflora eggersii Harms; Passiflora eglandulosa J.M.MacDougal; Passiflora eichleriana Mast. Passiflora ekmanii Killip & Urb. Passiflora elegans Mast. Passiflora elliptica Gardner; Passiflora emarginata Bonpl.
Fruits taper at both ends, are 10–14 cm long by 3.5–4.5 cm wide and ripen to yellow or light orange. The fruit contain many seeds which are embedded in an edible, orange aril . Mollissima and its close relative Passiflora mixta are vines with cylindrical stems densely coated with yellow hairs, and are vigorous climbers, growing up to seven ...
Passiflora vitifolia (grape leaf passion fruit) Paullinia cupana (guaraná) Peritassa campestris (bacupari-do-cerrado) Physalis pubescens (husk tomato, hairy groundcherry, camapú) Pilosocereus arrabidae (pitaia-da-restinga) Platonia insignis (bacuri, bacuri-açu)
Passiflora alata, [2] the winged-stem passion flower, is a species of flowering plant. It is an evergreen vine , growing to 6 m (20 ft) or more, which bears an edible type of passion fruit . It is native to the Amazon , from Peru to eastern Brazil .