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| Passiflora quadrangularis, Linn. Granadilla. Fig. 2770. Tall
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| strong climber, glabrous: lvs. ovate or round-ovate,cordate at base,
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| mu- cronate, entire, the petiole with 2 or 3 pairs of glands:
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| stipules large: fl. large (3-5 in. across) and interesting, fragrant
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| with ovate sepals and petals (the former white within and the latter
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| reddish), the crown composed of 5 series of white-and-purple
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| particolored filaments, of which the outermost exceed the floral
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| envelopes: fr. oblong, 5-9 in. long, yellowish green, pulpy and
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| edible. Trop. Amer. B.R. 14. R.H. 1898, p. 569. Gn. 51, p. 313; 59,
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| pp. 4, 7. G. 33:161 — Widely grown in the tropics, and variable, both
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| as a vine and for its edible frs. Frequent in collections of economic
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| plants in the N. It is a good climber for covering a greenhouse roof.
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| Best results are secured if the temperature does not fall below 50°.
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| The fr. ripens in summer. The fls. usually need to be hand-pollinated
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| if fr. is wanted on house-grown plants. Var. variegata, Hort. (P.
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| variegata, Hort. P. aucubifolia, Hort.), has foliage blotched with
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| yellow.
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