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Passiflora laurifolia

AuthorityL.
FamilyMagnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Violales:Passifloraceae
Synonyms
Common namesbelle apple, Jamaican honeysuckle, maracujá, maracujá laranja, marie-tambour, maritambou, parcha, parcha de culebra, pomme d'or, pomme de liane, pomme-liane, saibey, vinegar pear, wasserlimone, wassermelone, yellow granadilla, yellow water lemon
Editor
Ecocrop code1637



Notes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION A woody, densely, dark-green foliaged, climbing vine, up to 10 m long, with large white-purplish handsome and fragrant flowers. The fruit is an ellipsodial berry, up to 7.5 cm long, and orange-yellow in colour. USES The fruit is edible and rich in calories and ascorbic acid, eaten fresh or and processed into a beverage. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. COMMON NAMES Water-lemon, Bell apple, Jamaica honeysuckle, Pomme de liane, Yellow granadilla, sweet-cup, pomme d'or, Singapore passion fruit, Markusa leutik, Buah susu, Buah selasih, Sao warot, Suhhontharot, Guoi tay. FURTHER INF Water-lemon is native of Brazil and the Caribbean region, where it is growing wild in thickets and forest borders. Common in humid, tropical lowlands. Plant leaves are poisonous. (pH estimated by the compiler).
Sources
SOURCES (P. laurifolia L.)
Hockings E 1961b pp 295 [USE, TEMP, RAIN, TEXT, FER]
Purseglove J 1974 pp 420-421 [USE]
Popenoe W 1974 pp 248 [USE]
Roecklein J 1987 pp 244 [USE, LIMIT]
Verheij E 1991 pp 350-351 [USE, LIMITS]