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Passion Fruit

Passiflora edulis

Your guide to planting, growing, and getting to know this plant.

THE PLANT NOTEBOOK

Passion Fruit care, from seed onward.

Botanical name
Passiflora edulis
Common names
Passion Flower, Maracuya
Family
Passifloraceae
Genus
Passiflora
Species
P. edulis
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Start growing

Tropical/Subtropical. Full sun, heavy feeder. Needs trellis.

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Growing with your kit

The Seeds In A Cup® kit captures the complex germination of these tropical seeds in a mini-greenhouse.

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Propagation

Seed or cuttings.

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Seasonal growth & harvest

Fast growing in heat; flowers last only one day.

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Growing conditions

Tropical rainforest edges.

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Weather & tolerances

Heat tolerant; killed by frost.

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Pests & plant health

Caterpillars (Gulf Fritillary) and Fusarium wilt.

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Plant safety

Pulp is edible; unripe fruit can be toxic (cyanogenic).

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Botanical features

A vigorous vine with complex, alien-looking flowers and purple or yellow rind fruit filled with seeds.

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Varieties

‘Possum Purple’, ‘Yellow Flavicarpa’.

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Garden & everyday uses

Juice, desserts, ornamental

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Native range & distribution

Native to South America (Brazil, Paraguay).

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Conservation

Secure.

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Name origins

Named by missionaries who saw the 'Passion of Christ' symbolism in the flower parts.

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History

16th-century Spanish missionaries used the flower to teach the Easter story to indigenous people.

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