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)
camapu	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.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)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gudsar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hispid granadilla	Other	Medicinal plants 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)
love-in-a-mist	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
love-in-a-mist passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-catinga	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
maracujá-de-estalo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
marie-gougeat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mossy passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mukkopeera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mupparisavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pada wel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pasiflora hedionda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pendoi	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
phophni-ki-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
running pop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
siruppunaikkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirupunaikkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stinkende grenadille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
stinking granadilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
stinking pasion flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stinking passion flower	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
stinking passionflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tagua passion flower	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
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)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wild wat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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)
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole plant		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
entire plant, leaf		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (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) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Passiflora foetida L,	Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Passiflora foetida L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N. Territory (Barr et al., 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Passiﬂora foetida L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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