Granadilla

Where does Granadilla grow?

Found in: Africa, Amazon, Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central America, China, Colombia, Congo DR, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Africa, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Guiana, Guianas, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Jamaica, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Marquesas, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Northeastern India, Pacific, Palau, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rotuma, Sao Tome and Principe, SE Asia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South America, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Africa, West Indies, West Papua, Zimbabwe

Notes: There are about 400 Passiflora species.

Status: Reasonably common in lowland areas in Papua New Guinea.

Growing Granadilla

Cultivation: Plants are normally grown from cuttings but they can be grown from seed. Cuttings 25- 30 cm long from well matured stems should be used. A spacing of 2-3 m between plants is suitable. It needs a trellis to grow over. It often pays to hand pollinate. Seed germinate in 2-4 weeks. Seedlings can be planted in the field within 4 months.

Edible Uses: Sometimes unripe fruit is boiled as a vegetable. It can be used in soups. It can be cut in pieces and cooked in butter with pepper and nutmeg. Otherwise the fruit is eaten ripe. It can be used for juice, fruit salad, pies, jellies, cold drinks sauces and wines. Sometimes the swollen root is cooked and eaten like a yam. CAUTION The leaves are poisonous.

Production: The vine is fast growing. A vine lasts for 5-6 years. Flowers are produced 9 months from planting. Fruit are ready to harvest 60-80 days from flowering. A vine can produce 16-50 fruit in a season.

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