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Passiflora ligularis

AuthorityJuss.
FamilyMagnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Violales:Passifloraceae
Synonyms
Common namesgranadilla, granadilla común, granadilla de China, granadita, granaditta, grenadille douce, parcha dulce, parchita amarilla, sweet granadilla, sweet passion fruit, yellow passionfruit
Editor
Ecocrop code2381



Notes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION A vigorous, woody, climbing vine, with entire leaves and greenish-white flowers. Fruit an ovoid berry, 7-8 cm in diameter, orange-brown and hard-shelled. USES The sweet fruits has a juicy, acid pulp it can be eaten fresh or made into ice-cream, but it is mainly used in beverages. GROWING PERIOD Perennial, producing 1 fruit crop per year. COMMON NAMES Sweet granadilla, Granadilla, Grenadilla douce. FURTHER INF Sweet granadilla is a native of tropical America. It is grown at high elevations in the tropics, between 2100 and 2700 m in Ecuador, and between 800 and 3000 m in Bolivia and Colombia, and at lower elevations in the subtropics. It thrives in humid conditions.
Sources
SOURCES (P. ligularis Juss.)
Popenoe W 1974 pp 245
Roecklein J 1987 pp 23 [USE]
Duke J 1979 pp 104
Duke J 1975 pp 23 [PH, RAIN, TEMP]
Sims D (pers. comm.)
Vietmeyer N 1989 pp 289-290 [KTMP, USE]
Purseglove J 1974 pp 421 [USE]
Verheij E 1991 pp 351 [USE]