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Maracuya
passion fruit, passion-fruit, Passion fruit
The passion fruit is so called because it is one of the many species of passion flower. The outside is of the slightly less than baseball-sized, bright yellow sphere is either tough and smooth but pliable or wrinkled. …
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The passion fruit and granadilla is the fruit of several plants in the genus Passiflora. It is native to subtropical regions of South America from southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina. The fruit is eaten for its pulp and seeds, and as a juice. The name passion fruit derives from 18th century Christian missionaries who interpreted the flower as a religious symbol.
