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Manzana de Mayo
Passiflora incarnata
Manzana de Mayo · Mayapple · Passionflower · Passionsblume · Purple Passionflower · Purple passionflower · apricot-vine · flor-da-paixão · läkepassionsblomma · maypop · maypop passionflower · passiflore rouge · passionflower · purple passionflower · winterharte Passionsblume
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, Turkey, Iraq, US(Appalachia), Bermuda
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Aphrodisiac, Burn, Dysmenorrhea, Epilepsy
Science studied: ALPHA-ALANINE, ALKALOIDS, CALCIUM, CARBOHYDRATES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Passifloraceae
Scientific name: Passiflora incarnata
Common names: Manzana de Mayo, Mayapple, Passionflower, Passionsblume, Purple Passionflower, Purple passionflower, apricot-vine, flor-da-paixão, läkepassionsblomma, maypop, maypop passionflower, passiflore rouge, passionflower, purple passionflower, winterharte Passionsblume
POWO: 675096-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in US, Turkey, Elsewhere, Iraq, US(Appalachia), Bermuda.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Aphrodisiac
- Burn
- Dysmenorrhea
- Epilepsy
- Insomnia
- Medicine
- Morphinism
- Narcotic
show 12 more documented entries
- Neuralgia
- Perfume
- Sedative
- Skin
- Soporific
- Spasm
- Diarrhea
- Piles
- Cyanogenetic
- Eye
- Neurosis
- Eruption
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Iraq
- US(Appalachia)
- Bermuda
Documented cultural uses
- Aphrodisiac
- Burn
- Dysmenorrhea
- Epilepsy
- Insomnia
- Medicine
- Morphinism
- Narcotic
- Neuralgia
- Perfume
- Sedative
- Skin
show 8 more documented entries
- Soporific
- Spasm
- Diarrhea
- Piles
- Cyanogenetic
- Eye
- Neurosis
- Eruption
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Aphrodisiac · US · "
- Burn · US · "
- Dysmenorrhea · US · "
- Dysmenorrhea · Turkey · "
- Epilepsy · Turkey · "
- Epilepsy · Elsewhere · "
- Insomnia · US · "
- Insomnia · Elsewhere · "
- Insomnia · Iraq · "
- Medicine · US(Appalachia) · "
- Morphinism · Elsewhere · "
- Narcotic · Turkey · "
- Narcotic · Elsewhere · "
- Neuralgia · US · "
- Perfume · Bermuda · "
- Sedative · Elsewhere · "
- Skin · US · "
- Soporific · Turkey · "
- Spasm · Turkey · "
- Spasm · Elsewhere · "
- Diarrhea · US · "
- Piles · US · "
- Cyanogenetic · US · "
- Eye · US · "
7 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- A Passiflora incarnata extract exerts multi-target effects on selected sleep-related receptors. · 2026 source ↗
- Corrigendum to "Passiflora incarnata extract attenuates neuronal loss and memory impairment in stressed rats" [Brain Res. 1853 (2025) 149520]. · 2026 source ↗
- Synergistic Effect of <i>Passiflora incarnata</i> L., Herba and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Management of Benzodiazepine Misuse. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALPHA-ALANINE
- ALKALOIDS
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- FIBER
- FLAVONOIDS
- D-GLUCOSE
- GLUTAMINE
- GUM
- HARMALINE
- HARMOL
- HOMOORIENTIN
- ISOORIENTIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- LUTENIN-2
- N-NONACOSANE
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- ORIENTIN
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- QUERCETIN
- SAPONARETIN
- SAPONARINE
- SCOPOLETIN
- STIGMASTEROL
- TYROSINE
- VALINE
- ISOVITEXIN
- MALTOL
- PROLINE
- APIGENIN
- FAT
- D-FRUCTOSE
- GYNOCARDIN
- IRON
- LUTEOLIN
- PASSIFLORINE
- RAFFINOSE
- SITOSTEROL
- UMBELLIFERONE
- VITEXIN
- RUTIN
- HARMINE
- PROTEIN
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CAMPHEROL
- ETHYL-MALTOL
- FORMIC-ACID
- HARMALOL
- HARMANE
- ISOSCHAFTOSIDE
- ISOVITEXIN-2''-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- SAPONARIN
- SCHAFTOSIDE
- SUCROSE
- VICENIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHROMIUM
- COBALT
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- NIACIN
- POTASSIUM
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- SODIUM
- THIAMINE
- WATER
- ZINC
- ISOORIENTIN-2''-GLUCOSIDE
- LUCENIN-2
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PASSICOL
- VICENIN-2
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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