Red Passion Fruit (Panama Red Maracuya)
Red Passion Fruit (Panama Red Maracuya)
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Origin: Panama
Average (vine) length: 30 - 40 ft.
Fruit Maturity: May - December
Cold Hardiness: 32°F
Self-pollinating: Yes
More Info: Panama Red is a lush, vigorous, tropical climber that produces an abundance of large, sweet, red skinned fruit, as the name suggests. It is oval in shape. It is likely selected by Australian producers for higher yields.
Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower that is native to southern Brazilthrough Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit, commonly called passion fruit. The fruit is a pepo, a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten or juiced, the juice often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.