Blue passionflower

Passiflora caerulea

fruit

Small orange fruits with red pulp, bland and slightly sweet, from a garden passionflower.

Origin

South America

Where to find it

On fences and walls in European gardens, from which it has sometimes escaped; wild in southern Brazil and Argentina.

Season (United States)

September to November

Preparation

The fruit is opened and the red pulp eaten raw, seeds and all. Only fully ripe, orange fruit: green, they contain cyanogenic compounds.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Missionaries saw the instruments of the Passion in its flower, hence its name.