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Maracuya
Passiflora edulis
Maracuya · Passionfruit · Fruit de la passion, Grenadille · Grinadel · Maracuja · Maruçya · Męczennica jadalna · Parcha (ES) · Passiflore comestible · Passiflore comestible, Grenadille, Fruit de la Passion, Grenadelle, Grenadine · Passion Fruit · Passionfruit, Purple granadilla, Purple passionfruit, Black passion fruit · Passionsfrucht · Pomme-Liane · Purple Passion Fruit · Purple granadilla · Purple granadilla (EN) · Water lemon fruit · amakudjá · ceibey
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Madeira
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Epilepsy, Insomnia, Neuralgia, Sedative
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, CALCIUM, BETA-CAROTENE
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 edulis
Common names: Maracuya, Passionfruit, Fruit de la passion, Grenadille, Grinadel, Maracuja, Maruçya, Męczennica jadalna, Parcha (ES), Passiflore comestible, Passiflore comestible, Grenadille, Fruit de la Passion, Grenadelle, Grenadine, Passion Fruit, Passionfruit, Purple granadilla, Purple passionfruit, Black passion fruit, Passionsfrucht, Pomme-Liane, Purple Passion Fruit, Purple granadilla, Purple granadilla (EN), Water lemon fruit, amakudjá, ceibey
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Madeira.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Epilepsy
- Insomnia
- Neuralgia
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cyanogenetic
- Morphinism
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- Narcotic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Madeira
Documented cultural uses
- Epilepsy
- Insomnia
- Neuralgia
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cyanogenetic
- Morphinism
- Narcotic
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 Systematic Review of Antidiabetic Mechanisms of Passiflora edulis: Beyond Glycemic Control. · 2026 source ↗
- Establishment and application of a real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR assay for detecting EAPV in Passiflora edulis. · 2026 source ↗
- Complete genome sequence of a novel carlavirus infecting Passiflora edulis in China. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- CALCIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- EO
- ETHYL-CAPROATE
- FIBER
- HARMAN
- N-HEXYL-BUTYRATE
- N-HEXYL-CAPROATE
- IRON
- MALIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PASSIFLORINE
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- PELARGONIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE
- PHENOLASE
- PROTEIN
- SFA
- STEARIC-ACID
- WATER
- PECTIN-METHYL-ESTERASE
- ALKALOIDS
- CATALASE
- ETHYL-BUTYRATE
- FAT
- FLAVONOIDS
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- POTASSIUM
- THIAMIN
- XANTHOPHYLLS
- CITRIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- KILOCALORIES
- SODIUM
- NITROGEN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- CAROTENOIDS
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.
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