passion fruit

     

Passiflora eulis or passion fruit is a plant cultivated commercially for its fruit. It is native to South America and widely grown in India, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Brazil, southern Florida, Hawaii, Australia, East Africa, Israel and South Africa. The passion fruit is round to oval, yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit can be grown to eat or for its juice, which is often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.

Trivia about passion fruit

  • Just saying the name of this fruit makes me feel romantic
  • Missionaries discovered this plant, whose flowers resemble a crown of thorns, in South America
  • Puerto Ricans love to drink the juice of this fruit they call parcha -- maybe it makes them feel "amorous"
  • This type of fruit comes from a plant named for the last hours of Jesus' life
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  • The name of this tropical fruit comes from the resemblance of its flowers to symbols of the crucifixon

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