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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Sweet granadilla
| image = Granadillas.jpg
| image_caption = ''Passiflora ligularis'' fruit
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Passifloraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Passiflora]]''
| species = '''''P. ligularis'''''
| binomial = ''Passiflora ligularis''
| binomial_authority = [[Adrien-Henri de Jussieu|A.Juss.]]
}}
'''Sweet granadilla''' (or sometimes called or spelled '''Grenadia''') is one common name for ''Passiflora ligularis''. The epithet ''ligularis'' comes from the plant's [[ligule|ligulate]] [[corolla]]e. It is native to the [[Andes]] Mountains between [[Bolivia]] and [[Venezuela]]. It grows as far south as northern [[Argentina]] and as far north as [[Mexico]]. Outside of its native range it grows in the tropical mountains of [[Africa]] and [[Australia]](where they are known as passionfruit). It likes climates ranging from 15° to 18° C and between 600 and 1000 mm of annual rain. It lives at altitudes ranging from 1700 to 2600 meters above sea level.
They have abundant, simple leaves and greenish-white flowers.
The [[fruit]] is orange to yellow colored with small light markings. It has a round shape with a tip ending in the stem. The fruit is between 6.5 and 8 cm long and between 5.1 and 7 cm in diameter. The outer shell is hard and slippery, and has soft padding on the interior to protect the seeds. The seeds, which are hard and black, are surrounded by a gelatinous sphere of transparent pulp. The pulp is the edible part of the fruit and has a strong acidic taste. It is very aromatic and contains [[vitamin]]s A, C, and K, [[phosphorus]], [[iron]], and [[calcium]].
The main producers are [[Peru]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], and [[Kenya]]. The main importers are the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Belgium]], [[Holland]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Spain]].
==External links==
*[http://jardin-mundani.info/passifloraceae/granadilla-dulce.jpg sweet granadilla image] from [http://www.jardin-mundani.com/English/index.htm Mundani Botanical Garden]
*[http://jardin-mundani.info/passifloraceae/granadilla-dulce1.jpg sweet granadilla opened for consumption] from [http://www.jardin-mundani.com/English/index.htm Mundani Botanical Garden]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Sweet granadilla
| image = Granadillas.jpg
| image_caption = ''Passiflora ligularis'' fruit
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Passifloraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Passiflora]]''
| species = '''''P. ligularis'''''
| binomial = ''Passiflora ligularis''
| binomial_authority = [[Adrien-Henri de Jussieu|A.Juss.]]
}}
'''Sweet granadilla''' (or sometimes called or spelled '''Grenadia''') is one common name for ''Passiflora ligularis''. The epithet ''ligularis'' comes from the plant's [[ligule|ligulate]] [[corolla]]e. It is native to the [[Andes]] Mountains between [[Bolivia]] and [[Venezuela]]. It grows as far south as northern [[Argentina]] and as far north as [[Mexico]]. Outside of its native range it grows in the tropical mountains of [[Africa]] and [[Australia]](where they are known as passionfruit). It likes climates ranging from 15° to 18° C and between 600 and 1000 mm of annual rain. It lives at altitudes ranging from 1700 to 2600 meters above sea level.
They have abundant, simple leaves and greenish-white flowers.
The [[fruit]] is orange to yellow colored with small light markings. It has a round shape with a tip ending in the stem. The fruit is between 6.5 and 8 cm long and between 5.1 and 7 cm in diameter. The outer shell is hard and slippery, and has soft padding on the interior to protect the seeds. The seeds, which are hard and black, are surrounded by a gelatinous sphere of transparent pulp. The pulp is the edible part of the fruit and has a strong acidic taste. It is very aromatic and contains [[vitamin]]s A, C, and K, [[phosphorus]], [[iron]], and [[calcium]].
The main producers are [[Peru]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], and [[Kenya]]. The main importers are the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Belgium]], [[Holland]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Spain]].
==External links==
*[http://jardin-mundani.info/passifloraceae/granadilla-dulce.jpg sweet granadilla image] from [http://www.jardin-mundani.com/English/index.htm Mundani Botanical Garden]
*[http://jardin-mundani.info/passifloraceae/granadilla-dulce1.jpg sweet granadilla opened for consumption] from [http://www.jardin-mundani.com/English/index.htm Mundani Botanical Garden]
