Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common passionfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
folha-de-maracujá	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
gadiyaarada hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
grenadella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jumaki hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadamba hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalala	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
maracayú	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
maracuja	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
maracujá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
maracujá azedo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
maracujá de folha grande	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
maracujá-comum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-de-comer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-de-ponche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-do-mato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-mirim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-peroba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-preto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracujá-redondo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maracuya	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
maracuyá	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
pasiflora	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
passiflorae acetum folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
passion flower	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
passion fruit	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
passion nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
passionsfrukt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purple granadilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple grenadilla	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
purple passionflower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pyashan fruit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pyashan hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wel dodam	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පැෂන් ෆෘට්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වැල් දොඩම්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
鸡蛋果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Leaves, Roots, Stem		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
fruit, leaves	juice from purple fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
twigs		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
fruit, leaf, mesocarp		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit, leaf, mesocarp		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Dried aerial parts, Entire plant, Flower, Fruit, Leaf, Seed oil		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
leaf	dried leaves	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Passiflora incarnata Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 3: t. 152 (1817), sensu auct.
Passiflora cuneifolia Cav. Diss. 10: t. 292 (1790).
Passiflora diaden Vell. Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 90 (1831).
Passiflora edulis f. albida Vanderpl. & S.L.Edwards Bot. Mag. 31: 45 (2014).
Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa O.Deg. Fl. Hawaiiensis 250: [s.p.] (1932).
Passiflora edulis var. pomifera (M.Roem.) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 637 (1871).
Passiflora edulis var. rubricaulis (J.Jacq.) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 637 (1871).
Passiflora edulis var. verrucifera (Lindl.) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 637 (1871).
Passiflora fragrans Regel ex Mast. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 145 (1877).
Passiflora iodocarpa Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 3 (1891).
Passiflora middletoniana Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 9: t. 51 (1842).
Passiflora pallidiflora Bertol. Syll. Pl. Hort. Bot. Bonon.: 6 (1827).
Passiflora perfecta J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: 87 (1925).
Passiflora picroderma Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: t. 1 (1891).
Passiflora pomifera M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 179 (1846).
Passiflora rubricaulis J.Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Rar. 2: t. 169 (1844).
Passiflora vernicosa Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 62 (1902).
Passiflora verrucifera Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 49 (1840).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Passiflora adulis Sims.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Passiflora edulis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Passiflora edulis Sims	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) 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) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) 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 edulis Sims f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Passiflora edulis Sims.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Passiflora edulis Simson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Passiflora incarnata	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)

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