Passiflora species - Passifloraceae

There are over 60 true species with edible fruits - promising interspecific hybrids also exist.

(Those listed with green type have cultivated varieties)

• Passiflora adenopoda Granadilla de monte
• P. alata Fragrant Granadilla, Maracuja grande
• P. ambigua Granadilla de monte
• P. ampullacea White-flowered Tacso
• P. antioquiensis Banana passionfruit
• P. caerulea Blue-crown passionflower
• P. coccinea Red Granadilla
• P. cumbalensis Red Banana Passionfruit
• P. edulus Sims Purple passionfruit, Purple granadilla
• P. edulis f. flavicarpa Deg. Yellow passionfruit, Yellow granadilla
• P. exoniensis
• P. herbertiana Austrailian passionfruit
• P. incarnata Maypop
• P. laurifolia Yellow Granadilla, Jamaica honeysuckle
• P. ligularis Sweet Granadilla, Sweet Passionfruit
• P. maliformus Sweet Calabash, Chulupa
• P. manicata
• P. mixta Curuba de Indio
• P. mollissima Bananapassionfruit, Tacso
• P. platyloba Acid granadilla
• P. quadrangularis L. Giantgranadilla
• P. rubra Pomme de liane zombie
• P. seemannii Guate-guate
• P. serrato-digitata Tagua-tagua
• P. suberosa Cork-stem Passionfruit
• P. trifoliata
• P. tripartita Tacso
• P. trisecta
• P. vitifolia Grape-leaf passionfruit
• P. warmingii Maracuja mirim

NewCROP has Passion Fruit information at:

Passionfruit— Julia Morton, Fruits of Warm Climates

Golden Berry, Passionfruit, and White Sapote: Potential Fruits for Cool Subtropical Areas—Richard McCain

Tropical Fruits—Mary Lamberts and Jonathan H. Crane

Maypop—Sievers, A.F. 1930. The Herb Hunters Guide. Misc. Publ. No. 77. USDA, Washington DC.

Magness J.R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States.

Herbs Affecting the Central Nervous System—Varro E. Tyler

Outside links:

Passionfruit can be found in Lost Crops of the Incas from National Academy Press
Curuba Passiflora mollissima
Sweet Grandilla Passiflora ligularis
Columbian Passionfruit Passiflora antioquiensis
Curubejo Passiflora popenovii
Galupa Passiflora pinnatistipula
Chulupa Passiflora maliformis
Rosy Passionfruit Passiflora cumbalensis
Passiflora schlimiana
Passiflora ampullacea
Passiflora tripartita
Passiflora mixta
Passiflora ambigua
Passiflora mandonii

Passion Fruit "FRUIT FACTS" (Fruit Facts are a series of publications of the the California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. that contain information on individual fruits, including botanical identification, description and culture notes based on California research, and characteristics of cultivars).

Ethnobotanical and phytochemical information on Passiflora spp.
The Passiflora Discussion Group:
Send an email message to BIHOREL@cris.com, put the word PASSIF in the subject line, in the message portion of the letter, put the word SUBSCRIBE your name.