PASSION FRUIT

Species / Flowers Fruit Comments Cultivars Passiflora alata Red petals, with Oval fruit 3-5 inches Leaves are not bothered by 1.Ruby Glow blue or green and long have a thick rind, caterpillars. Needs a white corona are yellow skin and white pollinator to produce fruit. large and fragrant. fragrant pulp with an agreeable flavor.

Passiflora caerulea Lightly fragrant, to 1.5-2.5 inch fruit have Rampant vine. Will survive 4". White or pinkish yellow to orange skin. temperatures below 20 petals with blue Fruit eaten fresh or used degrees F. corona. in drinks.

Passiflora coccinea Scarlet to orange- Yellow mottled and Mostly grown for flowers. red, white, & purple. striped. Requires cross-pollination to produce fruit. Passiflora edulis Flowers are 2-3 Dark purple to red- Leaves not bothered by 1. Black Knight inches across, purple fruit, 3-5 inches caterpillars. One of the best 2.Edgehill mostly white with long have sweet-tart species for fruit production in 3. Kahuna purple markings. pulp yellow-green to Southern California. Fruit are 4.Paul Ecke orange in color. sweeter when outer skin is 5.Rainbow Sweet 'Rainbow Sweet' has wrinkled. Fruit is excellent mango-red skin and fresh or used in juices, white pulp. sherbets, etc. Vines hardy to at least 26 degrees F. Usually self-fertile.

Passiflora edulis X Flowers are very Oval, red-purple fruit are Not bothered by caterpillars. P. edulis flavocarpa similar to P. edulis typically larger than P. Fruit quality and size typically 1.Frederick but slightly larger. edulis varieties. Pulp is superior to P. edulis varieties. 2.Red Riveira orange in color and All varieties listed are self- 3.Red Rover sweet-tart in flavor. fertile. Fruit are typically very full. Vines hardy to at least 26 degrees F.

Passiflora edulis Flowers very Golden yellow fruit are Vines are more cold sensitive flavocarpa similar to P. edulis larger and more acid in than P. edulis. Cross- 1.Brazilian Golden but larger flavor than P. edulis. pollination usually required for 2.Golden Giant Pulp and juice are good fruit production. orange in color.

Passiflora incarnata Cream or yellow 2 inch, oval fruit has Vines are extremely cold ( Maypop) 2" flowers with yellow skin and orange- hardy. Leaves and flowers purple or pink yellow pulp. Flavor is tart are also edible. Plant two for corona. and apricot-like. cross-pollination.

Passiflora laurifolia Purple, blue & 2-3 inch fruit have lemon Produces few flowers. rose. yellow skin and white Requires cross-pollination. pulp. Fragrant sub acid Plant is cold sensitive. pulp is said to have a pear-like flavor.

Species / Flowers Fruit Comments Cultivars Passiflora liqularis Greenish white. Yellow fruit 2-4 inches Considered by many to have across with sweet the "best flavor". Plants are distinctive flavor. Pulp is cold sensitive to temperatures translucent white. below freezing.

Passiflora mollissima Pendant pink or 3-4 inch, oblong, Highly prized, fruit is eaten (Banana Passion rose flowers, to 5" aromatic fruit with thin fresh and used in many ways Fruit) long and 3" wide. yellow skin and white including ice cream, jelly, pulp. juices, liqueur, and wine. Passiflora Large fragrant Large yellow fruit Rind of fruit is often prepared quadranqularis flowers are weighing up to 1 pound. and eaten, similar to reddish purple & Very thick rind . Pulp is watermelon rind. Roots of old white. bland and melon-like in vines are baked and eaten like flavor. yams. Plants are cold sensitive.

Passiflora vitifolia Large, 5-7 inch 2 inch, egg-shaped fruit. Needs a cross pollinator to 1. Scarlet Flame bright red to Thin skin is watermelon produce fruit. Like P. edulis it is scarlet flowers. green with white spots. at it's best fruit quality if the White pulp is aromatic, skin is allowed to wrinkle sweet to sub acid with a before eating. flavor suggestive of strawberries.