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Identify my Pasionfruit starts with ... Hi there. I stumbled across this strange variety of passionfruit in the sand dunes near my house in Papamoa, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand. At first it looked like the tree was laden with small orange figs or something. Upon closer inspection I the tree was in fact entangled by a 5 leafed vine with beautiful white, violet flowers which smell a little like feijoas and bearing vibrant orange fruit. The skin of the fruit is a similar colour, strength and texture to a mandarin, but smooth and the flesh inside is bright red and quite sweet with no real taste. They seem to be edible, as I'm not dead yet... I've looked on this site and others to try and find out what type of passionfruit this is, with no real luck. It might be a banana, panama gold or grandilla, but the flesh is different. I would be suprised if they're a new type because I remember eating some a few years back on a distant neighbour's fence. The reason I ask is because I'm thinking of growing these ornamentally in my garden, and need to know if they're are going to be a pest. Thanks
| About the Author Identify my Passionfruit BOP, NZ 18th January 2009 3:01pm #UserID: 1881 Posts: 2 View All Identify my Passionfruit's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author health101orgarticles1 Ovahere 18th January 2009 4:09pm #UserID: 316 Posts: 159 View All health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author peter30001 adelaide 18th January 2009 4:21pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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RolFlor a says... The toxic effects of the 'Blue Crown' passionfruit are fatal in NZ,so don't eat it. http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/blue_passion_flower.htm | About the Author health101orgarticles1 Ovahere 18th January 2009 4:32pm #UserID: 316 Posts: 159 View All health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Identify my Passionfruit says... Well turns out its alot more common than I thought! All my searches were for an orange skinned passionfruit with red flesh which is probably why a blue flowered passionfruit didn't show up... Don't think I'll grow it in my garden though, as its counted as a pest in NZ because it endangers our native trees. The government is trying to eradicate it... | About the Author Identify my Passionfruit BOP NZ 18th January 2009 5:11pm #UserID: 1881 Posts: 2 View All Identify my Passionfruit's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author peter30001 adelaide 18th January 2009 5:51pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author health101orgarticles1 Ovahere 18th January 2009 8:11pm #UserID: 316 Posts: 159 View All health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Chris says... I have this exact passionfruit in my garden, planted on purpose but not the desired fruit. It was supposed to be Nelly Kelly but this is the root stock that has grown up while we were away and taken over. It seems to be no more prolific than regular passionfruit but is sending shoots out in other parts of the garden that we pull out. If this passionfruit was SO DANGEROUD TO EAT it would not be used as root stock. The grafts on one of our plants died but the other, supposed to be panama gold, hasn't, but no friut different from the golden coloured one. We are quite happy. no-one else has this passionfruit and it is sweet and light without the bite of a regular passionfruit, a lot like a bannana passionfruit just red! | About the Author Chris16 Tasmania 22nd February 2009 7:02pm #UserID: 2006 Posts: 1 View All Chris16's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I would regard it as a pest. Since my Nelly Kelly passionfruit died several years ago, the rootstock just keeps comimg, and climbs into my Butia palm. My son has a problem with passionfruit from next door, it keeps coming up in his lawn. I had a similiar problem in a rented house once. It's not overwhelming, but a bit of a nuisance. | About the Author Julie Roleystone 25th February 2009 5:41pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Cassie says... I am having difficulty with this passionfruit vine. I have just bought the house and discovered the vine. It flowers alot but the fruit are orange with red pulp and very soft, and so far Ive only seen 2. Ive read that it could be a blue crown passionfruit stock that has taken over, but I need help. The stems are purple in colour, especially the stem that comes out on the right. Is this the grafted on part? Shoud I cut off somewhere? Also, there are lots of other shoots coming out of the ground along the fenceline. They are all purple stemmed shoots. What should I do?
| About the Author Cassie Whyalla, SA 28th January 2011 6:57pm #UserID: 4846 Posts: 3 View All Cassie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author peter 1000 adelaide 8th March 2013 6:17pm #UserID: 6592 Posts: 102 View All peter 1000's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Pandurunga says... n a recent trip to Dereel in Victoria, I came across this passion fruit vine, loaded with fruit. I ate them all. They are absolutely scrumptious. I had no ill side effects. As a pest, well, any plant left unmanaged can become a problem, so maybe kept in a pot could resolve some of the potential problems. I will be giving it a go in the tropics and hope to achieve rampancy. Apparently, the birds love them hence the vine i came across was netted. | About the Author Pandurunga Mackay 15th February 2015 12:55pm #UserID: 11289 Posts: 1 View All Pandurunga's Edible Fruit Trees |
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