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PASSION FRUITS |
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Botanical Name: |
Passiflora edulis |
| English Name: |
Passion fruit |
| Common Name: |
Passion fruit |
| Commercial Part: |
Fruits,Leaves and Flowers |
| Uses: |
Used as juice, Squash etc. Flowers and leaves have many medicinal value |
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Passion fruit is an exotic fruit originated from Brazil.In India it is grows wild in the Nilgiris, Wynad, Kodaikanal, Savroys, Coorg and Malabar. Recently its cultivation has been extended to some areas of Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram.
There are two recognized varieties –Purple (Passiflora edulis Sims) and Yellow( P.edulis var.flavicarpa). Purple varities are more productive, fruits are larger but poor in juice content and flavour, higher in TSS, acids and carotenoid pigments. Yellow varities are more in juice content and flavour, with less TSS and acids.
Passion fruits are propagated by seeds, cuttings and grafting on resistant rootstocks.
Working results between the members of the Equadorian Passion fruit Processor’s Association (EPPA) at the University of Florida.
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DISEASES AND IRREGULARITIES THAT CAN BE PREVENTED BY PASSION FRUIT ARE AS FOLLOWS: (HEALTH BENEFITS) |
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The phytochemicals present in Passion fruit juice inhibits cancer cell growth.Passion fruit juice contain phenolic acids and flavonoids which are important for protecting the heart.and helps in preservation of foods due to its anti-microbial activity.It also inhibits the bacteria responcible for ulcers. |
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Passion fruit juice is a good source of antioxident, both that are water soluble(vitamin C) and those that are fat soluble(carotenoids, phenolics, flavonoids.),juice contain plant sterols which helps in lowering of cholesterol. |
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One glass of passion fruit juice equals 50% of the day’s vitaminC requirement,60% of the day’s vitaminA, 40% of the day’s Potassium requirement. |
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Passion fruit has somniferous properties(inducing sleep),taken before going to bed they help relax and sleep during the night,they have febrifugal(having the quality of mitigating or curing fever) and soporific(having the tendency of eating more) properties.Passion fruit contain glycoside known as passiflorine which is used as a sedative(calming effect)
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Passion fruit seeds contain a significant amount of dietary fibre which helps in digestion by breaking the complex carbohydrates and stabilize the glucose and cholesterol level in our body also.Passion fruit juice is high in carbohydrates, simple sugars that are rapidly available during athletic performance.Juice contain Iron which is necessary to adequately hold and transport oxygen throughout the body. |
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