Passion Vine (Ivy)

Description:

a climbing plant belonging to the family Passifloraceae. was also nicknamed Passion Flower or blackwood. This plant is in the form of a vine several meters in length. Its stem, woody and hairless, is hollow. The leaves are alternate, are divided into three lobes long and toothed. flowers, solitary and rather large (4-5 cm in diameter) have white petals, filaments topped with purple or pink. The fruit is ovoid, along 4 to 5 cm and orange: it is the famous passion fruit

Habitat:

many species of Passiflora are native to South America (Peru, Brazil), the species incarnata grows further north, in Mexico, the Bahamas or the southern United States. It is also grown in France and in many Mediterranean countries, such as Italy.

Notes:

It is an edible fruit tart flavor to many-seeded black. '' The name of Passion '' comes from the Latin passio passion and meaning flor flower. Incarnata leads embody. '' This flower which embodies the Passion ' , takes its name from the shape of its flowers reminiscent of an episode of the Passion of Christ, that of the crucifixion: the five petals represent the five wounds, three styles correspond to the 3 nails and the colors purple and white, purity and paradise. Passifloraceae In the family, with more than 500 species, Passiflora incarnata is the only medicinal species. The others are mainly grown for their flowers or fruit.