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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Passiflora quadrangularis''
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| name = Badea/Giant Granadilla
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| common_names = Giant granadilla, Badea
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| image = Badea.jpg
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| growth_habit = vine
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| high =    <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| image_caption = Full and longitudinally-cut badeas
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| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| origin =    <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| lifespan = perennial
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| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
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| exposure = full sun
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| familia = [[Passifloraceae]]
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| water = regular to moderate
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| genus = ''[[Passiflora]]''
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| features = flowers
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| species = '''''P. quadrangularis'''''
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| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
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| binomial = ''Passiflora quadrangularis''
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| binomial_authority = [[José Jéronimo Triana|Triana]] & Planch
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| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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| color = IndianRed
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| image = Passiflora quadrangularis (1).jpg
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| image_width = 240px
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| image_caption = flower
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Malpighiales
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| familia = Passifloraceae
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| genus = Passiflora
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| species = quadrangularis
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''Passiflora quadrangularis'', is the largest of the passionfruits.
  
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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.
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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]].
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The fruit [[juice]] of the badea is used as a beverage.
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Image:Badea.jpg
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Image:Passiflora quadrangularis1644531062.jpg
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Image:Starr 071024-0405 Passiflora quadrangularis.jpg
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Revision as of 17:56, 14 March 2009


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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ◍ regular to moderate"regular to moderate" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Features: ✓ flowers
Scientific Names

Passifloraceae >

Passiflora >

quadrangularis >


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Passiflora quadrangularis, is the largest of the passionfruits.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

Cultivation

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Cultivars

Gallery

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  • Badea.jpg
  • Passiflora quadrangularis1644531062.jpg
  • Starr 071024-0405 Passiflora quadrangularis.jpg

References

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