Passiflora
The Passifloras , the kind ( Passiflora ), gather more than 500 species of climbing plants of the family of the Passifloracées to the spectacular flowers, but their abundance is guaranteed only in the areas with soft climate.
They draw their name owing to the fact that the missionaries Jésuites were useful themselves, to represent the Passion of Christ near the natives, of the flower of this liane : its pistil, the drawings of its corolla and various floral parts resemble a crown of spines, the hammer and the nails of the Crucifixion.
The flowers are known in Phytothérapie for their sedative action. The Grenadille ( Passiflora edulis ) gives an edible fruit to the acidulous savor (the Fruit of passion ) which enters the composition of sorbets, juice or purée.
Ground
Almost all the grounds are appropriate for the culture of the passiflora, except very dry or alkaline.
Site
Full sun in the light shade; in the cold areas, to choose for example a hot wall, exposed to the south or south-west. To stimulate flowering, the radicular development must be limited to 45X45 cm.The flowers of passiflora are very frost-susceptible, to the virus and the parasites.
Multiplication
By sowing-hard wood cutting in summer. It is necessary to regenerate the old seedlings by folding back them on the level of the ground. To cut the stems which overflow of space available.
Principal species
- Passiflora amalocarpa
- Passiflora amethystina
- Passiflora aurantia
- Passiflora caerulea
- Passiflora capsularis
- Passiflora coccinea
- Passiflora edulis - Grenadillo
- Passiflora foetida
- Passiflora helleri
- Passiflora holosericea
- Passiflora incarnata
- Passiflora karwinskii
- Passiflora ligularis
- Passiflora mucronata
- Passiflora murucuja
- Passiflora quadrangularis
- Passiflora racemosa
- Passiflora serratifolia
- Passiflora tarminiana
- Passiflora tenuifila
- Passiflora tulae
- Passiflora vitifolia - Passiflora with vineleaves
- Passiflora yucatanensis
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