Possum Purple

Variety of Passion fruit · Passiflora edulis

Large, sweet purple passion fruit from Florida with notably low acidity.

Also known as: Possum

🇺🇸 USA

Taste & characteristics

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

Large dark-violet fruit with sweet, low-acid, highly aromatic pulp.

Vigorous, reliably self-fertile vine, dependable for subtropical home gardens.

High, consistent yields over a long season.

Florida-origin purple cultivar very widely grown in warm regions.

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