Passion fruit belongs to the genus Passiflora crop, originating from tropical and sub tropical regions in America. The fruit is round and has a yellow webbed seed.
Other names known for this fruit include maracujá (Portuguese), maracuyá (Spain), Passion Fruit (UK), Granadilla (South and South Africa), Pasiflora (Israel), Liliko'i (Hawaii), and Lạc tiên, Chanh dâyatau Chanh leo (Vietnam).
In Indonesia there are two types of passion fruit, namely passion fruit (passiflora edulis) growing in the highlands, and passion fruit yellow (passiflora flavicarva) that grow in the lowlands. Some of the areas that became the center of passion fruit production include North Sumatra, and South Sulawesi.
passion including plants Bush his life creep long Kuang more 10m. stem: passion have rods, slim, and the length of all, square, false, soft, smooth, Green browned. trunk propagate with the help of sulur shaped helical (spiral). leaves: single, Oval, spread, long 7-20cm, width 5-15cm, the edge of the average, spike, the base of rounded, pertulangan pinnate, permuka`n slippery, tangkal square, long 2-6cm, and Green.
Great Passion Fruit Classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: SpermatophytaSub division: Angiospermae Class: DicotyledoneaeEnglish: ParietalesTribe: PassifloraceaePrice: PassitloraType / Species: Passiflora quadrangularis L., Granadilla buto
Content:
The fruits, seeds, and leaves of this plant contain an unstable substance, namely hydrocyanic acid and lactone. While ripe fruits contain Ca, P, Fe.
Benefits and Benefits
Passion fruit / Passiflora quadrangularis L efficacious for peluruh urine, gonorrhea, while the fruit in addition to fresh juice (mixed with syrup). Also used for tranquilizers are also efficacious relieve pain (analgesic) and strengthen the lungs. Some Herbalists take advantage of all parts of Passion for use as a medicine and efficacious as anti-inflammatory, sedative (sedative), peluruh urine (diuretic), and is to clean the heat and toxins.
A herbalist who is a pastor in the Malang area (Sawojajar Housing.) Instead uses a large passion for cancer treatment.