Description
Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis)
Passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit.
There are two common types of passion fruit plants–purple and yellow. The purple passion fruit plant (Passiflora edulis) is the most common. That fruit is slightly smaller than a lemon. There are several hybrids of the purple passion fruit. The yellow passion fruit plant is the second most widely grown after the purple passion fruit. It is bright yellow and its fruit is about the size of a grapefruit. Purple passion fruit is sweet than yellow passion fruit which is also more acidic.
Both the purple variety and yellow variety passion fruits are spherical to ovoid in shape. Both fruits have an outer shell that is hard and slippery. The interior of both fruits is a transparent pulp with hard black seeds. The pulp is the edible part of the fruits; it is soft, sweet-tasting, and aromatic.
