Taxon:  Passiflora quadrangularis L.



Summary
Genus:
Passiflora
Subgenus:
Passiflora
Family:
Passifloraceae
Subfamily:
Passifloroideae
Tribe:
Passifloreae
Nomen number:
27001
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1248.  1759
Verified:
01/24/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
27 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Passiflora quadrangularis L. var. quadrangularis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Passiflora macrocarpa Mast.
Passiflora quadrangularis L. var. variegata Godefroy

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  9. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  10. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  11. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  16. Ulmer, T. & J. M. MacDougal. 2004. Passiflora: passionflowers of the world. 310-311.
  17. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:248.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgiant granadilla  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishgrenadine  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Frenchbarbadine  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKönigs-Grenadille  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanRiesen-Grenadille  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese (Brazil)maracujá-açú  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)maracujá-mamão  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)maracujá-melão  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)maracujá-uaçu  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishbadea  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishgranadilla  2Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Spanishgranadilla real  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishbarbadin  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics0
6Other    probable origin neotropics0
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Other (probable origin neotropics)

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage base Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:248.
Human foodfruit Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:248.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27001. Accessed 10 May 2026.