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Passiflora incarnata


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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
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    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.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    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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    Passion Flower


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