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Definition of Passiflora edulis
1. Noun. Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit.
Literary usage of Passiflora edulis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1818)
"Passiflora edulis. PURPLE-FRUITED PASSION-FLOWER. Class and Order. ...
Pepo pedicellata. Specific Character and Synonyms. PASSIFLORA edulis ; foliis ..."
2. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Language: English Descriptors: South Africa; Passiflora edulis; ... The purple
granadilla, Passiflora edulis and the yellow granadilla, Passiflora edulis ..."
3. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1856)
"THB Passiflora edulis is a plant well worthy of more general cultivation, were
it only for its very pretty and engaging, though short-lived flowers ; but by ..."
4. My Garden, Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its by Alfred Smee (1872)
"Figs : Lee's Perpetual. Apricots. Peaches. Passiflora edulis. Out of doors—Apples:
White ... Apricots : Passiflora edulis. Melons. Out of doors. ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"(b) Passiflora edulis (purple water-lemon). (c) Passiflora quadrangularis (granadilla).
id) Passiflora alata (granadilla). Psidium (guava). ..."
6. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"Passiflora edulis, Sims. Southern Brazil. Frost-shy. With P. quadrangularis
preferentially grown in subtropic Eastern Australia. Fruit purple. ..."
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