Passiflora loefgrenii
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Passiflora loefgrenii, the garlic passion fruit, is a strange passion fruit, with a rounded and elongated, green-ripening fruits that have an translucent pulp with a sweet flavor that has strong overtones of garlic
. Passiflora loefgrenii is a perennial, climbing vine with tri-lobed leaves a bit like some of its more common relatives such as P. mollisima. Pink-lavender coloured flowers are borne on the end of the long peduncles. Propagation of P. loefgrenii is by seeds. Passiflora loefgrenii is extremely rare, not known much in cutivation. Fruits are edible and are eaten in the plant's native range. Passiflora loefgrenii is native to the Southern Atlantic coastal regions of Brazil
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Garlic
Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent...
. Passiflora loefgrenii is a perennial, climbing vine with tri-lobed leaves a bit like some of its more common relatives such as P. mollisima. Pink-lavender coloured flowers are borne on the end of the long peduncles. Propagation of P. loefgrenii is by seeds. Passiflora loefgrenii is extremely rare, not known much in cutivation. Fruits are edible and are eaten in the plant's native range. Passiflora loefgrenii is native to the Southern Atlantic coastal regions of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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