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Passifloraceae

Sweet granadilla

Passiflora ligularis Juss.

Family
Passifloraceae
Genus
Passiflora

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Sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (20)
Arabic
آلامية لسينية
Chinese
甜熱情果, 甜百香果, 甜西番果, 印尼百香果, 梅山蜜果
Dutch
Granadilla, Zoete granadilla, Zoete passievrucht
English
Sweet granadilla, Grenadia
Esperanto
Dolĉa grenadilo
French
Grenadelle, Grenadille douce, Grenadille sucrée
German
Süsse Granadilla, Süße Granadilla
Hebrew
שעונית לשונה
Hungarian
Édes granadilla
Indonesian
Konyal
Japanese
グラナディラ
Korean
그라나디야
Persian
گل ساعتی گرمسیری
Polish
Męczennica języczkowata
Portuguese
Granadilha
Quechua
Tintin, Granadilla
Russian
Страстоцвет язычковый, Сладкая гранадилла
Spanish
Granadilla
Sundanese
Konyal
Swedish
Sötgrenadill

Synonyms

  • Granadilla ligularis (Juss.) Ser.

Flowers

In flower
May, July to February (from 43 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.