From Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts, PROSEA Foundation
by P. C. M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L. P. A. Oyen, and T. G. van Lingen
Taxon
Passiflora laurifolia L.
Family
Passifloraceae
Vernacular Names
Water
lemon, bell-apple, Jamaica honeysuckle (En). Pomme de liane (Fr.)
Indonesia: markusa leutik (Sundanese). Malaysia: buah susu, buah
selasih. Thailand: sao warot (central), sukhontharot. Vietnam: guôi tây.
Distribution
Wild and
cultivated in tropical America. Occasionally cultivated elsewhere; in
South-East Asia mainly in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam.
Uses
The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw or prepared, e.g. in beverages.
Observations
Woody
climber, up to 10 m long, with entire leaves and large white-purplish
flowers. Fruit an ovoid berry, 5—8 cm x 4—6 cm, orange-yellow, with
flat ribbed seeds in the juicy white pulp. In thickets and forest
borders, well suited to humid lowland tropics. Propagation by seed and
by cuttings; the species is self-incompatible. The foliage is poisonous.
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Bibliography
Jansen, P. C. M., et al. "Passiflora laurifolia L." Edible fruits and nuts,
Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2, Edited by E. W. M. Verheij, and
R. E. Coronel, PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia, record 1743,1991, PROSEA, (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), www.prota4u.org/prosea/view.aspx?id=1530. Accessed 16 Nov. 2019.
Published 25 Nov. 2019 LR
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