{"id":667,"date":"2024-04-18T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=667"},"modified":"2024-08-27T22:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:08:53","slug":"passion-fruit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/passion-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passion Fruit (<em>Passiflora edulis<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Passion fruit is an\u00a0<em>evergreen<\/em>, flowering vine that climbs by\u00a0<em>tendrils<\/em>. Its height and spread varies depending on the structure it climbs on. The flower is purple and white and generally reaches a width of 3 to 5 inches. Other species have red, blue, or white flowers. Each unique flower lasts about one day appearing in the summer and early fall. The fruit is round to oval and purple or yellow with a smooth, glossy skin. It grows 2 \u00bd to 3 inches long and is edible and often used in juices. It is quite tasty and is occasionally served fresh. The leaves are\u00a0<em>alternate<\/em>, deeply cut into three\u00a0<em>lobes<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0<em>entire margins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/passion_vine.jpg\" alt=\"Passion fruit vine\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/passion_leavesfruit.jpg\" alt=\"Passion fruit green on vine with leaves\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/passion_fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Passion fruit\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Forest &amp; Kim Starr,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hear.org<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/passion_fruit_open.jpg\" alt=\"A passion fruit open to show seeds\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Courtesy of Alexander Klink<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/passion_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Passion fruit flower\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryimages.org\/browse\/detail.cfm?imgnum=1570830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":437,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3943,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667\/revisions\/3943"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}