Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Passifloraceae
Subfamilia: Passifloroideae
Tribus: Passifloreae
Genus: Passiflora
Subgenus: P. subg. Passiflora
Supersection: P. supersect. Passiflora
Serie: P. ser. Passiflora
Species: Passiflora edulis

Name

• Passiflora edulis Sims, Bot. Mag. 45: t. 1989. 1818.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Granadilla edulis (Sims) Ser. in Fl. Jard. 2: 131 (1847)
• Heterotypic
  • Passiflora cuneifolia Cav. in Diss. 10: t. 292 (1790)
  • Passiflora diaden Vell. in Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 90 (1831)
  • Passiflora edulis f. albida Vanderpl. & S.L.Edwards in Bot. Mag. 31: 45 (2014)
  • Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa O.Deg. in Fl. Hawaiiensis 250: [s.p.] (1932)
  • Passiflora edulis var. pomifera (M.Roem.) Mast. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 637 (1871)
  • Passiflora edulis var. rubricaulis (J.Jacq.) Mast. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 637 (1871)
  • Passiflora edulis var. verrucifera (Lindl.) Mast. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 637 (1871)
  • Passiflora fragrans Regel ex Mast. in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 145 (1877)
  • Passiflora incarnata Ker Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 3: t. 152 (1817), sensu auct.
  • Passiflora iodocarpa Barb.Rodr. in Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 3 (1891)
  • Passiflora middletoniana Paxton in Paxton's Mag. Bot. 9: t. 51 (1842)
  • Passiflora pallidiflora Bertol. in Syll. Pl. Hort. Bot. Bonon.: 6 (1827)
  • Passiflora perfecta J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies in Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: 87 (1925)
  • Passiflora picroderma Barb.Rodr. in Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: t. 1 (1891)
  • Passiflora pomifera M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 179 (1846)
  • Passiflora rubricaulis J.Jacq. in Ecl. Pl. Rar. 2: t. 169 (1844)
  • Passiflora vernicosa Barb.Rodr. in Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 62 (1902)
  • Passiflora verrucifera Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 49 (1840)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay Regional:Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Introduced into: Angola, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sims, J. 1817–1818. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. XLV pp. 1942–2022. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. ː 45 : t. 1989.

Additional references

• Zuloaga, F.O. & Belgrano, M.J. (eds.) 2017. Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 17: Dicotyledoneae-Celastrales, Cucurbitales, Fagales, Malpighiaceae, Oxalidales. San Isidro: Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, 434 pp. ISBN 978-987-45957-7-5. JSTOR . Online version. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Passiflora edulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Passiflora edulis. Published online. Accessed: March 07 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Passiflora edulis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Passiflora edulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 March 2025.

Vernacular names

English: Passion fruit
español: pasionaria, maracuyá
suomi: Punapassio
magyar: Maracuja, passiógyümölcs
Bahasa Indonesia: Markisa
македонски: Маракуја
Mirandés: Maracujá
português: Maracujá
русский: Маракуйя
తెలుగు: కౌరవ పాండవ పువ్వు
中文: 百香果