What are Passion fruits?
Passion fruit is a healthy tropical fruit that is growing in popularity, particularly among health-conscious individuals. Despite its small size, it’s packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and plant chemicals that may help you stay healthy. The fruit of the Passiflora vine, a type of passionflower, is called passion fruit. It has a rough, seed-filled rind on the outside and a juicy, seed-filled inside.
Where it is found?
Passion fruit, or Passiflora edulis, is a vine species of passion flower that is endemic to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Its sweet, seedy fruit is commercially grown in tropical and subtropical countries.
Nutritional information:
Calories: 17
Fiber: 2 grams
Vitamin C: 9% of the daily value (DV)
Vitamin A: 8% of DV
Iron: 2% of DV
Potassium: 2% of DV
What are its benefits?
- Rich in Antioxidants
- Good source of dietary fiber
- Lower cholesterol
- Help your kidney, muscles, nerves and heart rhythm
- Lower risks for diabetes, heart disease
- Low glycaemic index
- Improve insulin sensitivity
- Boost immune system
- Reduce anxiety
How to grow it?
- Choose your seeds
- Prepare your seeds
- Germinate your seeds
- Water your seeds
- Wait until the seed sprouts
- Re-pot your seedling
- Prepare your soil
- Plant your vine
- Care for your plant
- Harvest your fruit
How to include it in your diet?
- To eat passion fruit raw, cut it in half and use a spoon to remove the pulp from the rind
- People can eat both the seeds and pulp
- Uses in fruit Jam
- Uses for juice
- To flavor plain kombucha
- Topping for Coconut Panna Cotta
