Not Signed In - Relate
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); Spastic Colon |
Apricot Vine; Corona de Cristo; Granadilla; Maypop; Passiflora incarnata; Passion Vine; Passionflower; Water Lemon | |
|
|
Pictures
Passionflower
Other Names Maypops Apricot vine Passiflore rouge Passionsblume Purple Passion flower Passion Vine Habitat Eastern N American native perennial vine Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida and Texas Found growing in sandy thickets and open fields roadsides fence rows and waste places Cultivation Passionflower is easily cultivated through root division or by seed transplants from the wild do well it requires a well drained soil sandy slightly acid soil in full sun A trellis should be provided since it is a tendril climbing vine Passionflower has many beautiful large and aromatic flowers it grows very quickly and produces edible fruit and medicinal uses It has large three lobed serrated leaves with beautifully intricate purple and white sweet scented flowers that are from 2 to 3 inches across Flowers bloom from June to August The passion fruit when ripe is yellow green and the size of a small hen s egg The yellow pulp is sweet and edible Gather the herb above ground after some of the fruit have matured dry for later use Gather edible fresh juicy fruit when soft and light yellow green Properties Passionflower is edible and medicinal edible The delicious fruit and flowers can be eaten raw or cooked in jellies jams young leaves are used as a cooked vegetable or eaten in salads There is scientific evidence of the medicinal constituents of this herb Recent studies have pointed to the flavonoids in passion flower as the primary constituents responsible for its relaxing and antianxiety effects Some of the plants constituents Apigenin Luteolin Kaempferol and Quercetin are being studied and showing promise in fighting Parkinson s Disease Cancer HIV Leukemia and more The leaves and stems are medicinal used as antispasmodic astringent diaphoretic hypnotic narcotic sedative vasodilator and are also used in the treatment of women s complaints Passionflower is used as an alternative medicine in the treatment of insomnia nervous tension irritability neuralgia
email this page
print this page
bookmark this page
feedback on this page
