Passion Fruit

Common Name: Passion Fruit

Botanical Name: Passiflora edulis

Family: Passifloraceae

Origin: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

Varieties: Possum Purple, Sweet Sunrise

Season: May to October

Damage Temp: 30F

Passion fruit grow on a fast growing vine that climbs with tendrils. The flowers are large, showy, and extremely aromatic. They are also excellent butterfly attractants. The pulp is used extensively in fruit juice drinks like Hawaiian Punch, and it is often used in baked desserts as well. The Possum Purple fruit typically get to be about the size of a goose egg. The Sweet Sunrise variety is baseball sized and yellow. Both are self pollinating.