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[GW]

If you're familiar with this plant please say so but don't name it yet.

As you can see I know what this is, but I only recently learned that it is a native.

[thurlow]

Fruit is edible.................supposededly.   

[GW]

...with enough sugar.

[SwampDonkey]

I know what it is. But, I looked it up. Do you know why it was named what it is? Think of a Mel Gibson movie title. ;)

[GW]

I read that recently SD, when I was researching the plant. I had no idea it was a native and I was surprised to see it growing wild. I've been kayaking down a river that's name is the name the Indians gave this plant.

[Dodgy Loner]

Not much to eat from the fruit of that species.  They're mostly hollow.  The ones you eat come from tropical regions (and they require no sugar).

[WDH]

Oh yeah, I know that one well.  P. i.

The seeds of the fruit are tart.  Nice pic.  We used to stomp on the fruits.  I love the scientific name of this one ;D.

[Texas Ranger]

There is a certain passion that one identifying plants falls into.

[DanG]

Yep, I know that one, too.  We didn't have any on this place until I dug the footers for the house, then they came up all around it.  That ground hadn't been disturbed for at least 50 years.  It is a beautiful flower, and it is named after a beautiful story.

[Dave Shepard]

It looks like it belongs in a cool drink that one would consume next to a pool.


Dave

[metalspinner]

Think of a Mel Gibson movie title.

It is a beautiful flower, and it is named after a beautiful story.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?

It is very pretty.  I wonder if we have them up here?

[SwampDonkey]

 :D :D :D :D

'The Passion of the Christ', ring a bell ? ;)

[WDH]

GW is making us be pass-ive on this one ;D.

[GW]

I wonder if we have them up here?

Yes.

[Riles]

Got 'em all over the pasture and they're setting fruit now.

[GW]

Since I'm in the native fruit sampling mode I picked a few Passion fruits today. They are a little over 2 inches long and give slightly when I press them with my thumb.





The seeds are coated with a gelatinous "flesh" something like pomegranates. The aroma and flavor is very complex, like many other fruits combined. There is a distinct citrus flavor combined with ripe peach, pear, mango and pineapple. You pop the seeds into your mouth and kind of suck the fruit off of them. The first impression is one of subtle sweetness, but then as you break into the little cells of fruit the flavor changes gradually to tart. It's almost lemony, but not quite as sour. The lingering tartness then sets the stage for the next taste by making it seem all the more sweet.

Over all it's a very intriguing fruit, just not one that you will likely fill up on. And that's all I have to say about that. 

[WDH]

I "popped" many of them in my youth.... :

[Radar67]

Didn't know they were edible. We always called them "may pops". I've popped more than a few. Used to throw them at my brothers.  ;)

Stew

[GW]

Passion fruit is grown commercially. I think the purple variety is more popular than the green.