Plant Information

Common Name: FRUIT - PASSION FRUIT
Scientific Name: Passiflora incarnata 'Ester'
Alternative Names: Grenadella, Granadilla

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R140.00

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Description

• Perennial
• Woody perennial creeper vine - climbs with the aid of coiled tendrils.
• Hairless lobed leaves and solitary open white and violet flowers.
• Fruit is a many-seeded berry with delicioud juicy fruit pulp.
• Full sun.
• Frost tender.
• Replace every 4-5 years.
• Water twice weekly.
• Need fence or support to grow on.

Culinary Uses

• The ripe fruit are eaten fresh, can be added to drinks and made into jams, jellies and tarts.

Parts Used

• Fruit, leaves and flowers - Fresh or dried.
• The aerial parts are gathered when flowering or in fruit.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Contain cerotonin - main chemical messenger in the brain
• Remedy for short bouts of nervous insomnia, disturbed sleep patterns
• Non-addictive herbal tranquilizer - comparable to Valerian
• Reduce anxiety, fear, panic attacks
• Treat asthma, palpitations, high blood pressure, muscle cramps
• Hyperactivity and restlessness in children- help reduce the over activity responsible for this disorder
• Painkilling properties - head ache, ear ache, period pain
• Ease tremors - Parkinson's disease
• Relieve vertigo and dizziness of Menieres disease

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