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Variety of Passion fruit · Passiflora edulis
Large-fruited purple selection with high juice content and balanced flavour.
Edible value9Medicinal value5Other uses2
🇦🇺 Australia

Taste & characteristics

Taste

sourjuicysweetaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Passiflora edulis f. edulis (Purpurtyp)
Fruit weight
50 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Above-average large violet fruit with plenty of aromatic yellow juice pulp.

Growth

Vigorous, usually grafted purple cultivar tolerant of soil diseases via rootstock.

Yield

High, well-ripening yields in warm subtropics.

Notes

Popular Australian purple cultivar for fresh market and processing.

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