Plant Details

Accepted name:: Passiflora caerulea L. [Passifloraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blaue passionsblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue passion flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue passionfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue-crown passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blå passionsblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brazilian passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buah susu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
common passion flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flores de la pasión	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
gol saati	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
maracujá-azul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-de-cobra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
markisa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pasiflora	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
pasionaria	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
passion flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
siergrenadella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xī fān lián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xī yáng jū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yù ruǐ huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhuǎn xīn lián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhuǎn zhī lián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉蕊花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西洋鞠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西番莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
转心莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
转枝莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Partes aéreas floridas	Partes aéreas floridas desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
whole shoot system, flower, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flower		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Dried aerial parts, Flower, fruit, stem + leaf, Leaf, Root, Seed		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Passiflora chinensis Mast. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 145 (1877).
Granadilla caerulea (L.) Medik. Malvenfam.: 96 (1787).
Passiflora caerulea var. alba Robinson Garden (London, 1871-1927) 26: 20 (1884).
Passiflora caerulea var. angustifolia G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 53 (1834).
Passiflora caerulea var. glauca Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 617 (1872).
Passiflora caerulea var. glaucophylla G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 270 (1830).
Passiflora caerulea var. grandiflora L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1222 (1901).
Passiflora caerulea var. imbricata Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 617 (1872).
Passiflora caerulea var. regnellii Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 617 (1872).
Passiflora granadilla Gaterau Desc. Pl. Montauban: 157 (1789).
Passiflora hartwiesiana Mast. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 145 (1877).
Passiflora loureiroi G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 54 (1834).
Passiflora mayana H.J.Veitch ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 81 (1845).
Passiflora selloi Dehnh. Rivista Napol. 1(2): 180 (1841).
Passiflora stenophylla Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 85 (1824).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Passiflora caerulea	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Passiflora caerulea L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Passiflora chinensis Hort. ex Mast.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Passiflora chinensis Sweet	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Passiflora coerulea L.	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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