 Best Sellers Purple Granadilla, Passion Fruit, Bat Leaved Passion Flower, Granadilla Passiflora edulis - Passiflora diaden, Passiflora picroderma Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Passiflora edulis Common Name: Purple Granadilla, Passion Fruit, Bat Leaved Passion Flower, Granadilla Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 23 Germination Test Type:  Cut (Full Seed) Minimum Hardiness Zone: 10 In Stock: 2.11 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 23 seeds) $7.95 1 oz (~ 1451 seeds) $29.95 1 lb (~ 23222 seeds) $299.50 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 12 hours. Germination: sow seed 1/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. Other: Seed needs warm temperatures after sowing to germinate (75 degrees F +). germination may be delayed for up to 90 days. | In a Nutshell: * Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Paraguay , Brazil and northeastern Argentina ( Corrientes and Misiones provinces). Common names include Passion Fruit' , Granadilla (South America), Liliko ? i ( Hawaiian ), Magrandera Shona (Zimbabwe), and L?c tiên , Chanh dây or Chanh leo ( Vietnamese ) . It is cultivated commercially in frost-free areas for its fruit and is widely grown in India , Sri Lanka , New Zealand , the Caribbean , Brazil, Colombia , Ecuador , Indonesia , Peru , California , Florida , Haiti , Hawaii , Australia , East Africa , Mexico , 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 the aroma. The fruit shown are mature for juicing and culinary use. For eating right out of the fruit, allow the fruit to wrinkle for a few days to raise the sugar levels and enhance the flavor. more... * A vine with 2" white flowers with purple and white filaments, edible 3" purple fruit, cultivated for its fruit in the subtropics, native to Brazil and naturalized in many warm areas. * The fruit is eaten raw or cooked. An agreeable cooling taste, somewhat like an orange with a mixture of acid. The ripe aromatic fruit is allowed to wrinkle and develop sweetness, it is then eaten raw, juiced, made into a syrup or used in sauces, cakes etc. more... |
Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Paraguay , Brazil and northern Argentina ( Corrientes and Misiones provinces, among others). Its common names include passion fruit (UK and US) and passionfruit (Australia and New Zealand). It is cultivated commercially in warmer, frost -free areas for its fruit and is widely grown in India , Sri Lanka , New Zealand , the Caribbean , Brazil , Colombia , Bolivia , Ecuador , Indonesia , Peru , Puerto Rico , Dominican Republic , California , Florida , Haiti , Hawaii , Argentina , Australia , East Africa , Mexico , Israel , Costa Rica , South Africa and Portugal . The passion fruit is round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. [ 1 ] The fruit is both eaten and juiced; passion fruit juice is often added to other fruit juices to enhance the aroma. [ 2 ] Physical Characteristics  Passiflora edulis is an evergreen Climber growing to 9 m (29ft 6in) at a fast rate. It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Jul to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It cannot grow in the shade.It requires moist soil. |
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