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Internal ID UUID64400205e1ae2137248591
Scientific name Passiflora ligularis
Authority Juss.
First published in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 113 (1805)

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Passiflora ligularis, also known as sweet granadilla or grenadia, is a plant species in the Passiflora genus. It is native to the Andes Mountains in South America, but can also be found in other tropical regions such as Africa and Australia. The fruit of this plant is commonly known as granadilla in many countries and is known for its sweet taste and nutritional benefits. The plant has long stems that can reach up to 5 meters in length and produces greenish-white flowers. The fruit is round with a hard outer shell and contains a gelatinous pulp that is edible and rich in vitamins and minerals. The main producers of this fruit are Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, Rwanda, and Kenya, while the main importers include the United States, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Passiflora serratistipula DC. Prodr. 3: 328 (1828)
Passiflora lowei Heer Gartenflora 1: 69 (1852)
Passiflora ligularis var. geminiflora DC. Prodr. 3: 328 (1828)

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Language Common/alternative name
English grenadia
English sweet granadilla
Spanish granadilla
Arabic آلامية لسينية
German süße granadilla
Persian گل ساعتی گرمسیری
French grenadille douce
French grenadille sucrée
French grenadelle
Hebrew שעונית לשונה
Hungarian édes granadilla
Indonesian konyal
Japanese グラナディラ
Korean 그라나디야
Dutch zoete granadilla
Dutch zoete passievrucht
Dutch granadilla
Polish męczennica języczkowata
Portuguese granadilha
Quechua tintin
Quechua granadilla
Russian Страстоцвет язычковый
Russian Сладкая гранадилла
su konyal
Swedish sötgrenadill
Chinese 甜熱情果
Chinese 甜西番果
Chinese 甜百香果
Chinese 梅山蜜果
Chinese 印尼百香果

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Name Authority First published in
Passiflora ligularis var. lobata Mast. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 219 (1887)

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Name Authority First published in
Passiflora ligularis f. lobata (Mast.) Killip Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 1938

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Jamaica
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000480239
USDA Plants PALI8
Tropicos 24200208
INPN 706610
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675142-1
The Plant List kew-2560511
Open Tree Of Life 500471
NCBI Taxonomy 237863
Nature Serve 2.155019
IPNI 675142-1
iNaturalist 166208
GBIF 2874198
Freebase /m/07c3gq
EPPO PAQLI
EOL 486619
USDA GRIN 26982
Wikipedia Passiflora_ligularis

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Chemical Compositions, Pharmacological Properties and Medicinal Effects of Genus Passiflora L.: A Review Nikolova K, Velikova M, Gentscheva G, Gerasimova A, Slavov P, Harbaliev N, Makedonski L, Buhalova D, Petkova N, Gavrilova A Plants (Basel) 13-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10820460
doi:10.3390/plants13020228
PMID:38256781
New Insights into the Latest Advancement in α-Amylase Inhibitors of Plant Origin with Anti-Diabetic Effects Kashtoh H, Baek KH Plants (Basel) 14-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10458243
doi:10.3390/plants12162944
PMID:37631156
Functional Traits in Bees: the Role of Body Size and Hairs in the Pollination of a Passiflora Crop Cortés-Gómez AM, González-Chaves A, Urbina-Cardona N, Garibaldi LA Neotrop Entomol 26-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10390375
doi:10.1007/s13744-023-01058-w
PMID:37493880
Potential Hypoglycemic and Antilipidemic Activity of Polyphenols from Passiflora ligularis (Granadilla) Angel-Isaza J, Carmona-Hernandez JC, González-Correa CH, Narváez-Solarte WV Molecules 18-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10143080
doi:10.3390/molecules28083551
PMID:37110785
Critical Role of Regrowth Conditions in Post-Cryopreservation of In Vitro Plant Germplasm Popova E, Kulichenko I, Kim HH Biology (Basel) 02-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10135868
doi:10.3390/biology12040542
PMID:37106743
A Review of Medicinal Plants with Renoprotective Activity in Diabetic Nephropathy Animal Models Putra IM, Fakhrudin N, Nurrochmad A, Wahyuono S Life (Basel) 16-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9963806
doi:10.3390/life13020560
PMID:36836916
Effect of 8-Week Consumption of a Dietary Pattern Based on Fruit, Avocado, Whole Grains, and Trout on Postprandial Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Gene Expression in Obese People Muñoz-Pérez DM, González-Correa CH, Astudillo Muñoz EY, Sánchez-Giraldo M, Carmona-Hernández JC, López-Miranda J, Camargo A, Rangel-Zúñiga OA Nutrients 07-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9861897
doi:10.3390/nu15020306
PMID:36678177
Valorization of Citrus Reticulata Peels for Flavonoids and Antioxidant Enhancement by Solid-State Fermentation Using Aspergillus niger CGMCC 3.6189 Mamy D, Huang Y, Akpabli-Tsigbe ND, Battino M, Chen X Molecules 15-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9785689
doi:10.3390/molecules27248949
PMID:36558081
Prospects of ultrasonically extracted food bioactives in the field of non-invasive biomedical applications – A review Mounika A, Ilangovan B, Mandal S, Shraddha Yashwant W, Priya Gali S, Shanmugam A Ultrason Sonochem 12-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9403563
doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.106121
PMID:35987106
Composition of Nonextractable Polyphenols from Sweet Cherry Pomace Determined by DART-Orbitrap-HRMS and Their In Vitro and In Vivo Potential Antioxidant, Antiaging, and Neuroprotective Activities Domínguez-Rodríguez G, Ramón Vidal D, Martorell P, Plaza M, Marina ML J Agric Food Chem 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9264388
doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.2c03346
PMID:35729789
Fruit Peels as a Sustainable Waste for the Biosorption of Heavy Metals in Wastewater: A Review Gómez-Aguilar DL, Rodríguez-Miranda JP, Salcedo-Parra OJ Molecules 25-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9000619
doi:10.3390/molecules27072124
PMID:35408520
Procyanidins: From Agro-Industrial Waste to Food as Bioactive Molecules Valencia-Hernandez LJ, Wong-Paz JE, Ascacio-Valdés JA, Chávez-González ML, Contreras-Esquivel JC, Aguilar CN Foods 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8701411
doi:10.3390/foods10123152
PMID:34945704
ROS-induced oxidative stress in plant cryopreservation: occurrence and alleviation Ren L, Wang MR, Wang QC Planta 20-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8605965
doi:10.1007/s00425-021-03784-0
PMID:34800184
Pharmacology and Phytochemistry of Ecuadorian Medicinal Plants: An Update and Perspectives Armijos C, Ramírez J, Salinas M, Vidari G, Suárez AI Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 11-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8624270
doi:10.3390/ph14111145
PMID:34832927
Combination of natural antivirals and potent immune invigorators: A natural remedy to combat COVID‐19 Shah MA, Rasul A, Yousaf R, Haris M, Faheem HI, Hamid A, Khan H, Khan AH, Aschner M, Batiha GE Phytother Res 15-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8441799
doi:10.1002/ptr.7228
PMID:34396612

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Cyanogenic glycosides
(S)-2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetonitrile O-b-D-allopyranoside 576072 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C#N)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 295.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF9608480
Sambunigrin 91434 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C#N)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 295.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/JF960381T

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