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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fleur de la passion	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
flor de la pasión	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
gadiyaarada hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
granadiglia incarnata	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
grenadella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
maracujá azedo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
maracujá de folha grande	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
maracujá-comum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-de-comer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-de-ponche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-do-mato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-mirim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-peroba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-preto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracujá-redondo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maracuya	Other	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pasiflora	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
passiflora	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
passiflorae acetum folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
passiflore	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
passion flower	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
passion fruit	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) 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)
passionsblume	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
passionsfrukt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
purple granadilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Leaves, Roots, Stem		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruit, leaf, mesocarp		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit, leaf, mesocarp		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (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. (2010)

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

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 incarnata Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 3: t. 152 (1817), sensu auct.
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.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Passiflora edulis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Passiflora edulis Sims	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Passiflora edulis Sims f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Passiflora edulis Sims.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Passiflora edulis Simson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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