Passiflora edulis

"Passionfruit" and "Passion fruit" redirect here. For the fruit, see Passion fruit (fruit). For other uses, see Passion fruit (disambiguation).

Passiflora edulis
Flower
Photographs of a passionfruit in cross section and entire. The inner flesh is yellow and the exterior of the fruit is purple.
Fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species:
P. edulis
Binomial name
Passiflora edulis
Sims, 1818

Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to the region of southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina.[1] It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit.

The fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten and juiced, with the juice often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.

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