Passiflora edulis
Passifloraceae
Black Passionfruit, Passionfruit
The plant is a vigorous climber, with attractive flowers, commonly producing heavier fruit crops in the first few years. Fruit is commonly hard black, round and contains a tasty pulpy flesh with lots of seeds. Some cultivars have variations in skin colour and other characteristics.
Uses
Passionfruit is eaten fresh, used for flavour in drinks and cooking. Pulp or whole fruits can be frozen.
Culture
In cooler climates passionfruit should be grown on a trellis next to a brick wall facing the midday or afternoon sun.
All prefer fertile, well drained loamy soil, but will adapt to most soil types provided they are never waterlogged. Soil should never be too acid (ie. If pH is below 5.5 add lime). Constant moisture is needed particularly during flowering and fruit development. Mulching and regular watering is beneficial.
Propagation
Seed or grafting (for the better cultivars)
Cultivars
The Golden Passionfruit (P. edulus var. flavicarpa) has a yellow skin, a more orange flesh and may produce lighter crops. It can be more frost tender, vut better adapted to warmer and wetter conditions.
Plant Health
Virus problems are difficult to avoid, and once infected (with mosaic virus), the fruit declines in quality, developing increasingly thicker skins with less fuit pulp inside. Passionfruit are commonly replanted every 4 to 6 years, as plants decline; in order to control the effects of virus infections.
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