Plant Details

Accepted name:: Passiflora foetida L. [Passifloraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Passiflora foetida var. acapulcensis Killip

Passiflora foetida var. foetida

Passiflora foetida var. hirsuta Mast.

Passiflora foetida var. nigelliflora (Hook.) Mast.

Passiflora foetida var. oaxacana Killip

Passiflora foetida var. tepicana Killip

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi motala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amapola	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
avounyinmitrui	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
avuneme	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
avunjemetri	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
camapu	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cirrancantiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciru punai-k-kali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupunaikkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fetid passionflower	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
foul passiflora	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaju tige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gharibel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghudsan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
granadilla de culebra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gudsar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hispid granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
kukke balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukki balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkiballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lac tien	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leletup	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
letup letup	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
letup-letup	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
long zhu guo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
love-in-a-mist	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
love-in-a-mist passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lóng guā guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng tūn zhū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng tǔ zhū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng xū guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng zhū guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng zōng guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lạc tiên	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
maracujá-catinga	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
maracujá-de-estalo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
marie goujeat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
marie-gougeat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mossy passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mukkopeera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mupparisavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
máo hú lú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pada wel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
pasiflora hedionda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pendoi	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
permot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
phophni-ki-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red-fruit passionflower	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
running pop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
running-pop	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
siru ponaikalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
siruppunaikkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirupunaikkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stinkende grenadille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stinking granadilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stinking pasion flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stinking passion flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stinking passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stinking passionfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
suka	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tagua passion flower	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
taw-suka-ban	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tella jumiki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellajumiki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellajumiki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timun dendang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
udahalu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
valighani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnu chakra hambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild passionfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild wat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild water lemon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild water melon	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wild water-lemon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
උඩහළු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පඩ වැල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
毛葫蘆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龍吐珠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龍珠果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龍鬃果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙吞珠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙珠果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙瓜果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙须果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system, fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves, root, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Branch, leaf		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
entire plant, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Entire plant, Flowers, Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dysosmia foetida (L.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 149 (1846).
Granadilla foetida (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 289 (1788).
Tripsilina foetida (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 103 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Passiflora foetida	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Passiflora foetida L,	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Passiflora foetida L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Passiflora foetida L. var. foetida	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Passiflora foetida Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Passiﬂora foetida L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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