The Giant Granadilla, Giant Tumbo or Badea (baˈðe.a), Passiflora quadrangularis, is the largest of the passionfruits

Passiflora edulis

Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to Paraguay, Brazil and northern Argentina . Its common names include passion fruit and passionfruit...

, plants of the genus Passiflora. It is a perennial native of Tropical America, having smooth, cordate, ovate or acuminate leaves; petiole

Petiole (botany)

In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...

s bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an emetic and narcotic

Narcotic

The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with any sleep-inducing properties. In the United States of America it has since become associated with opioids, commonly morphine and heroin and their derivatives, such as hydrocodone. The term is, today, imprecisely...

 root; scented flower

Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...

s; and a large, oblong fruit

Fruit

In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...

, containing numerous seeds, imbedded in a subacid edible pulp.

The badea is sometimes grown in greenhouse

Greenhouse

A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...

s. The fruits of several other species of Passiflora are eaten. P. laurifolia

Passiflora laurifolia

Passiflora laurifolia, commonly known as the water lemon, is a species in the family Passifloraceae.The fruit is medium sized, ovaloid in shape, and the usual colours are a green or deep orange skin and white-yellow, extremely juicy pulp....

is the water lemon and P. maliformis

Passiflora maliformis

Passiflora maliformis , is a smallish passionfruit with purple, yellow or green skin and a grayed-yellow orange pulp that is aromatically scented and flavored. It is a fast growing vine, growimg best in somewhat cooler than tropical climates...

the sweet calabash of the West Indies.

The fruit juice

Juice

Juice is the liquid that is naturally contained in fruit or vegetable tissue.Juice is prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fruit or vegetable flesh without the application of heat or solvents. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree...

 of the badea is used as a beverage.

It is known as Barbadine in Trinidad

Trinidad

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. A tea

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...

 is made from the leaves which is used for high blood pressure

Hypertension

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...

 and diabetes. A drink and ice-cream are made from the fruit.

See also

• Sweet calabash
• Water lemon
• Wild water lemon or Stinking passion flower (Passiflora foetida)