Yellow Granadilla (Passiflora laurifolia)

Family: Passifloraceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Native to tropical Americas, Passiflora laurifolia or commonly known as Yellow Granadilla is a perennial, climbing vine that grows in lowland areas in the tropics. Its stem reaches up to 15m long. The leaves are round and rough, flowers are fragrant and large, and fruits are oblong and yellow or orange when ripe. The plant is generally a vermifuge while poultice of the leaves is used for dressing syphilitic ulcers.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

refreshing drink. — Fruit - raw or made into a refreshing drink.; The orange-yellow fruits have a fragrant, juicy, agreeably subacid pulp.; The fruit is sometimes eaten by making a hole in one end and sucking out the pulp and seeds.; The fruit is rich in vitamin C.

Habitat & North American Range

Climbing into trees and shrubs in tropical rainforests. Thickets and forest borders. (Zone 10)