Plant Details

Accepted name:: Passiflora edulis Sims [Passifloraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common passionfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
folha-de-maracujá	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão 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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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)
maracuja roxo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
maracujá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Native Braz. Pl. Used as Anthelmintics (Kuhn Agnes et al., 2023) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006)
maracujá azedo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
maracujá de folha grande	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
maracujá-azedo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
maracujá-comum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-de-comer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-de-ponche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-do-mato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-mirim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-peroba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-preto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
maracujá-redondo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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)
marakuja	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
pasiflora	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
passiflora edulis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
passiflorae acetum folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
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, México (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)
passionfruit	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
passionsfrukt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
purple granadilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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, México (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)
yellow passion fruit	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
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)
fruit	fresh fruit	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
twigs		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
fruits, leaves, roots		Native Braz. Pl. Used as Anthelmintics (Kuhn Agnes et al., 2023)
folhas		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
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)
aerial parts, entire plant, flower, fruit, leaf, seed oil	dried aerial parts	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
leaf	dried leaves	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Passiflora incarnata Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 3: t. 152 (1817), sensu auct.
Granadilla edulis (Sims) Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 131 (1847).
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) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Passiflora edulis Sims	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (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 (Leitão 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) Native Braz. Pl. Used as Anthelmintics (Kuhn Agnes et al., 2023) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006) 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 Trop. Africa (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) 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) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Passiflora edulis Simson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Passiflora incarnata	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)

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