Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Passiflora quadrangularis

Edible : Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable, Root,

A long creeping vine with square stems. It has fleshy tuberous roots. The vine can be from 5-15 m long. The vine has four wings. The tendrils are pale green and coiled in a spiral. The tendrils are not branched and can be 30 cm long. The leaf stalk is 3 sided and 5-8 cm long. The leafy structures (stipules) at the base of the leaf are sword shaped and 2-5 cm long by 1-2.5 cm wide. The leaves are also large (10-25 cm long and 8-17 cm wide) and green or purple. The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves and can be 10-12 cm across. Flowers are white and purple and have red dots on them. The fruit is greenish yellow 12-30 cm long by 10-18 cm wide and with black seeds amongst purple flesh. The aril or layer around the seed is white and edible. The seeds are 1 cm long.

A tropical plant. It mainly occurs in the tropical lowlands but grows up to about 1000 m. It suits hot humid lowland areas in the tropics. Fruiting is often best between 200-500 m altitude. They can stand cool temperatures when mature. At 21-26°C seed germinate in 1-2 weeks but at lower temperatures seed can take 10 weeks. It suits hardiness zones 10-12. In XTBG Yunnan.

Common names : Granadilla, Akar mentimun, Aka-wadi, Badea, Bandee tsururu chuwa, Barbadine, Barbajina, Belewa, Chum bao dua, Corvejo, Drap, Dua gang tay, Erbis, Gendola, Giant granadilla, Granadilla de fresco, Granadilla grande, Granadilla real, Jujo, Karora chi, Kasaflora, Manesa, Maracuya real, Markiza, Markoesa, Marquesa, Masaflula, Mentimun, Misriphal, Na wa kinto, Panthao milao, Parcha, Percha granadina, Qaranidila, Sao warot, Sapthailempa, Sukhontharot, Taeng kalaa, Tasiri, Telur dewa, Thaloi, Timun belanda, Timun hatan, Tambo, Tumbo, Tutbun,

Synonyms : 

Passiflora macrocarpa Mast.;
Passiflora quadrangularis var. variegata;
Passiflora tetragona M. Roem;
and others