NATIVE PASSION FRUIT  PASSIFLORA INCARNATA

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how to grow, eat & forage

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Introducing Passiflora incarnata, a delicious passion fruit that grows in the United States!

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Love passionfruit? You don’t have to live in the tropics to grow or forage this delicious fruit and enjoy the intricate, unique flowers.

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Tropical passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) only grows in tropical climates, but purple passionflower plants (Passiflora incarnata) grow throughout the eastern US.

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The fruit, often called “maypops,” is delicious, tangy, and tropical-flavored.

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Here’s how to ID purple passionflower plants in the wild:

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Grow from late spring through first frost.

1. Season

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Vines can grow up to 20’ long.

2. Growth habit

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Three-lobed slightly serrated leaves with pointed tips.

3. Leaves

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Showy, ornate 2-3” purple-white flowers.

4. Flowers

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Green-skinned fruit about the size of large egg; becomes slightly yellow when ripe.

5. Fruit

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Passion vines are a host plant for multiple pollinators; expect to see Gulf fritillary caterpillars (below)...

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...as well as Gulf fritillary butterflies (below) & other species of butterfly as well! 

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Grow your own? If you find a wild patch, you can grow your own from root cuttings or seed. See detailed growing instructions in full article!

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Ripe maypop fruit can be eaten as-is or made into delicious drinks, jelly, and dessert.

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Check out our fermented sparkling passion fruit cordial recipe!

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And our passion fruit-pawpaw sorbet is to die for!

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Find out more about how to forage, grow, and eat native passion fruit

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