Passiflora Incarnata

Scientific Name: Passiflora incarnata

Common Name: purple passionflower

Symbol: PAIN6

Category: Dicot

Genus: Passiflora

Family: Passifloraceae

Family Common Name: Passion-flower family

Order: Violales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Vine, Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (N)

Edible: unknown

Passion Flower

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Scientific Name: Passiflora incarnata

Common Name(s): Maypop, Passion Flower

Edible: yes

Medicinal: yes

Parts Used: fruit

crashdive123 8 Sep, 2009	A weak, trailing or climbing vine with tendrils. Leaves finely toothed, 3 (or 5) lobed. The long stalked showy flowers in the upper leaf axils consist of 3-5 white sepals alternating with 3-5 white petals and overlaid by a sunburst structure (dorona) of purple or pink threads. Fruit a large, yellow, hen's egg size berry. to 25 feet long.
Current Rating: 0.0000

crashdive123 8 Sep, 2009	Where Found: Sandy soil; fields, roadsides, thickets, S. Missouri to Virginia, south to Texas and Florida. Flowers: May - July. Fruit: July - October
Current Rating: 0.0000

crashdive123 8 Sep, 2009	Use: Fresh fruit, cold drink, jelly. Although not very nutritious, the ripe fruit can be eaten fresh, or made into a cold drink (simmer 5 minutes, strain, add lemon and sugar, chill) or jelly (simmer, strain, add as much sugar as juice, add pectin).
Current Rating: 0.0000

crashdive123 8 Sep, 2009	Additional Use: American Indians poulticed root for boils, cuts, earaches, and inflammation. Traditionally used as an anti-spasmodic, and as a sedative for neuralgia, epilepsy, restlessness, painful menses, insomnia, and tension headaches. Research shows extracts are mildly sedative, slightly reduce blood pressure, increase repiratory rate, and decrease motor activity.
Current Rating: 0.0000

crashdive123 8 Sep, 2009	Contains several compounds shown to contribute to sedative activity. Approved in Germany for nervous restlessness, nervous tension; considered especially useful in sleep disturbances or anxiety arising from restlessness.
Current Rating: 0.0000

crashdive123 8 Sep, 2009	Warning: Fruits potentially harmful in large amounts.
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ravenscar 25 Oct, 2010	A rare find in my neck of the woods, frome what i gathered in 3 breif years it need a lot of sturdy support, soil that drains well in semi-shade. works ok in clay soils, but flurished in miracle grow
Current Rating: 0.0000

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