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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).
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 ...
name(s) Image Taxonomic name/constituents Notes Amanatsu Natsumikan Citrus natsudaidai: A group of cultivars of Citrus natsudaidai, which were discovered in 1740 in the Yamaguchi prefecture of Japan. Yellowish-orange in colour, about the size of grapefruit and oblate in shape. The fruit contains 12 segments and about 30 seeds.
Common names for P. tarminiana include banana passionfruit (Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Hawaii), curuba India, curuba ecuatoriana, curuba quiteña (Colombia), tacso amarillo (Ecuador), tumbo (Perú), banana pōka (Hawaii) (in the Hawaiian language the word pōka'a refers to tendrils – "that which is tied up in a ball like rope or twine ...
The passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) is a vine species of passion flower that is native to South America. Passion fruit or Passionfruit may also refer to: Passion fruit (fruit) , the fruit of a number of plants in the Passiflora family
† 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.
The fruit is a berry 5 cm long and 3 cm broad, with green flesh speckled with white, slight downy hairs, containing numerous seeds. [2] [3] [4] The fruit is quite sour when it falls off the plant and can take a month to ripen to its full flavor of sour strawberries. [4] Due to the fragrant fruit, it is in small-scale cultivation in the ...