Giant granadilla - Revision history

WikiWorks at 05:48, 23 June 2009

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 ''Passiflora quadrangularis'', is the largest of the passionfruits.

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-{{Taxobox
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-| color = lightgreen
+| name = ''Passiflora quadrangularis''
-| name = Badea/Giant Granadilla
+| common_names = Giant granadilla, Badea
-| image = Badea.jpg
+| growth_habit = vine
-| image_width = 250px
+| high =     <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
-| image_caption = Full and longitudinally-cut badeas
+| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
-| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
+| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
-| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
+| lifespan = perennial
-| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
+| exposure = full sun
-| familia = [[Passifloraceae]]
+| water = regular to moderate
-| genus = ''[[Passiflora]]''
+| features = flowers
-| species = '''''P. quadrangularis'''''
+| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
-| binomial = ''Passiflora quadrangularis''
+| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
-| binomial_authority = [[José Jéronimo Triana|Triana]] & Planch
+| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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-The '''Giant Granadilla''' or '''Badea''' (Spanish: {{IPA|[ba.ˈð̞e.a]}}), ''Passiflora quadrangularis'', is the largest of the passionfruits, plants of the genus ''[[Passiflora]]''. It is a perennial native of tropical [[The Americas|America]], having smooth, cordate, ovate or acuminate leaves; [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an [[emetic]] and [[narcotic]] root; scented [[flower]]s; and a large, oblong [[fruit]], containing numerous seeds, imbedded in a subacid edible pulp.
+:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Passiflora|genus page]].''
-The badea is sometimes grown in [[greenhouse]]s. The fruits of several other species of Passiflora are eaten. ''P. laurifolia'' is the Water lemon, and ''P. maliformis'' the Sweet [[calabash]] of the [[West Indies]].
+==Cultivation==
-The fruit [[juice]] of the badea is used as a beverage.
+===Propagation===
 ==References==
-*{{1911}}
+<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

WikiWorks at 20:32, 11 February 2008

2008-02-11T20:32:03Z

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Badea/Giant Granadilla
| image = Badea.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Full and longitudinally-cut badeas
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Passifloraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Passiflora]]''
| species = '''''P. quadrangularis'''''
| binomial = ''Passiflora quadrangularis''
| binomial_authority = [[José Jéronimo Triana|Triana]] & Planch
}}

The '''Giant Granadilla''' or '''Badea''' (Spanish: {{IPA|[ba.ˈð̞e.a]}}), ''Passiflora quadrangularis'', is the largest of the passionfruits, plants of the genus ''[[Passiflora]]''. It is a perennial native of tropical [[The Americas|America]], having smooth, cordate, ovate or acuminate leaves; [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an [[emetic]] and [[narcotic]] root; scented [[flower]]s; and a large, oblong [[fruit]], containing numerous seeds, imbedded in a subacid edible pulp.

The badea is sometimes grown in [[greenhouse]]s. The fruits of several other species of Passiflora are eaten. ''P. laurifolia'' is the Water lemon, and ''P. maliformis'' the Sweet [[calabash]] of the [[West Indies]].

The fruit [[juice]] of the badea is used as a beverage.

==References==
*{{1911}}