Passiflora nitida
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Passiflora nitida is a tasty, but relatively unknown passion fruit. It is similar to P. laurifolia
, with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet, succulent pulp. It is a fast growing tropical vine. Its flowers are blue and red, a bit like P. laurifolia and P. quadrangularis. The fruits grow up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in). The exact hardiness in unknown, but it is tropical and should be protected from prolonged temperatures below 50–55 °F (10–12.8 C). It is not frost hardy. Passiflora nitida is the cousin of almost all the Passiflora species like P. actinia
, P. flavicarpa, P. loefgrenii
and so on. Its propagation is by seeds. The fruits are eaten fresh and reportedly quite good in flavor. The bell apple is a native to the Amazon jungle region. Passiflora nitida is also a useful fruit in a drink called Purple Passion. Passiflora nitida has one of the widest geographic ranges. It grows in the tropical lowlands from Costa Rica
in the north and French Guiana in the northeast, through wide parts of Brazil
.
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....
, with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet, succulent pulp. It is a fast growing tropical vine. Its flowers are blue and red, a bit like P. laurifolia and P. quadrangularis. The fruits grow up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in). The exact hardiness in unknown, but it is tropical and should be protected from prolonged temperatures below 50–55 °F (10–12.8 C). It is not frost hardy. Passiflora nitida is the cousin of almost all the Passiflora species like P. actinia
Passiflora actinia
Passiflora actinia species of passion flower of the Passifloraceae. It flowers mainly in early spring.P. actinia is an evergreen vine. Its fruit is edible....
, P. flavicarpa, P. loefgrenii
Passiflora loefgrenii
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...
and so on. Its propagation is by seeds. The fruits are eaten fresh and reportedly quite good in flavor. The bell apple is a native to the Amazon jungle region. Passiflora nitida is also a useful fruit in a drink called Purple Passion. Passiflora nitida has one of the widest geographic ranges. It grows in the tropical lowlands from Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
in the north and French Guiana in the northeast, through wide parts 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...
.