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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blue passion flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue passionfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blue-crown passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blå passionsblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brazilian passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
common passion flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flores de la pasión	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
maracujá-azul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-de-cobra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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)
siergrenadella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

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)
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	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Passiflora caerulea L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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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