Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Passiflora edulis Sims
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Passiflora edulis
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
Sims
Common names
Passion Fruit, Passionfruit, Purple granadilla, Purple passionfruit, Black passion fruit, Purple granadilla, common passionfruit, passionflower, water lemon, yellow passion fruit
Names in other languages (76)Fruit de la passion, Grenadille, Grinadel, Maracuja, Maruçya, Męczennica jadalna, Parcha (ES), Passiflore comestible, Passiflore comestible, Grenadille, Fruit de la Passion, Grenadelle, Grenadine, Passionsfrucht, Pomme-Liane, Purple Passion Fruit, Purple granadilla (EN), Water lemon fruit, amakudjá, ceibey, chinola, couzou, curuba, flor de las cinco lagas, fruit de la passion, frutto della passione, granadiglia, grenadella, grenadelle, grenadilla, grenadille, grenadine, kudamonotokeiso, kvapioji pasiflora, liliko'i, lilikoi, ling mangkon, maracujá, maracujá-comum, maracujá-de-comer, maracujá-de-ponche, maracujá-do-mato, maracujá-doce, maracujá-mirim, maracujá-peroba, maracujá-preto, maracujá-redondo, maracuyá, marakuja, markisa, markisah, mučenka jedlá, parcha, parchita, pasjonsfrukt, passionsfrugt, passionsfrukt, punapassio, tukisu, uganandela, wildegrenadella, Маракуйя, Маракуја, Страстоцвет съедобный, פסיפלורה, שעונית נאכלת, آلامية مأكولة, فاكهة زهرة الآلام, ماراكويا, కౌరవ పాండవ పువ్వు, වැල් දොඩම්, เสาวรส, クダモノトケイソウ, ショクヨウトケイソウ, パッションフルーツ, ミナリトケイソウ, 時計果, 果物時計草, 熱情果, 百香果, 雞蛋果
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Malpighiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Passifloraceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Passiflora
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
edulis
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Passiflora edulis
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 06:05.
Photo of Passiflora edulis Sims
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Photo of Passiflora edulis Sims
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Photo of Passiflora edulis Sims
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Photo of Passiflora edulis Sims
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Photo of Passiflora edulis Sims
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Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 06:05.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 15 is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × has its flowers visited by × is visited by × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × has as a parasite × is adjacent to × is pollinated by × co-occurs ecologically with × has as a vector × laysEggsOn × 3 more types with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 223 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae is a host of 27 not compared
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 20 no location
Passalora biformis Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 20 not compared
Alternaria passiflorae is a host of 17 no location
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interacts with 125 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae interacts with 225 not compared
Eastern Carpenter Xylocopa virginica Apidae interacts with 38 not compared
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia Nymphalidae interacts with 27 not compared
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae interacts with 25 not compared
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is eaten by 99 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Eastern Carpenter Xylocopa virginica Apidae is eaten by 19 not compared
Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia Nymphalidae is eaten by 15 not compared
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae is eaten by 12 not compared
Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica is eaten by 11 not compared
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 71 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Eastern Carpenter Xylocopa virginica Apidae has its flowers visited by 81 not compared
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae has its flowers visited by 10 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 10 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 7 not compared
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is visited by 53 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Eastern Carpenter Xylocopa virginica Apidae is visited by 33 not compared
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae is visited by 32 not compared
Western Yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica is visited by 29 not compared
Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp Isodontia elegans Sphecidae is visited by 20 not compared
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interacts with 35 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica Fagaceae interacts with 2 no location
American Plane Platanus occidentalis Platanaceae interacts with 2 no location
Hairy Finger-grass Digitaria sanguinalis Poaceae interacts with 2 no location
Passionflower Bee Pseudopanurgus passiflorae Andrenidae interacts with 1 no location
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has as a parasite 24 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parasitic wasp Encarsia diaspidicola Aphelinidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Encarsia berlesei Aphelinidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Parasitoid wasp Trichomasthus mexicanus Encyrtidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Leucospis vallicaucaensis Leucospidae has as a parasite 1 no location
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is adjacent to 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Passalora biformis Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 1 not compared
Pure Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura Halictidae is adjacent to 1 no location
Golden Green-Sweat bee Augochlorella aurata Halictidae is adjacent to 1 no location
Fungus Septoria passiflorae Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
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Pollination

is pollinated by 5 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Apoidea is pollinated by 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at superfamily level.
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is pollinated by 2 not compared
Xylocopa Apidae is pollinated by 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Butterflies & Moths Lepidoptera is pollinated by 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
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co-occurs ecologically with 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae Nymphalidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Andean Silverspot Dione glycera Nymphalidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Eueides isabella Nymphalidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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has as a vector 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Vertebrata has as a vector 1 no location
birds Aves has as a vector 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
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laysEggsOn 2 organisms

No sanctioned reading for this term yet: it is shown exactly as the source publishes it.

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae Nymphalidae laysEggsOn 1 not compared
Western Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae incarnata Nymphalidae laysEggsOn 1 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.