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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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| image_width = 250px
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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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| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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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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| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| binomial_authority = [[José Jéronimo Triana|Triana]] & Planch
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| usda_zones =    <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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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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{{Inc|
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Passiflora quadrangularis, Linn. Granadilla. Fig. 2770. Tall
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strong climber, glabrous: lvs. ovate or round-ovate,cordate at base,
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mu- cronate, entire, the petiole with 2 or 3 pairs of glands:
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stipules large: fl. large (3-5 in. across) and interesting, fragrant 
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with ovate sepals and petals (the former white within and the latter
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reddish), the crown composed of 5 series of white-and-purple
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particolored filaments, of which the outermost exceed the floral
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envelopes: fr. oblong, 5-9 in. long, yellowish green, pulpy and
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edible. Trop. Amer. B.R. 14. R.H. 1898, p. 569. Gn. 51, p. 313; 59,
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pp. 4, 7. G. 33:161 — Widely grown in the tropics, and variable, both
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as a vine and for its edible frs. Frequent in collections of economic
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plants in the N. It is a good climber for covering a greenhouse roof.
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Best results are secured if the temperature does not fall below 50°.
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The fr. ripens in summer. The fls. usually need to be hand-pollinated
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if fr. is wanted on house-grown plants. Var. variegata, Hort. (P.
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variegata, Hort. P. aucubifolia, Hort.), has foliage blotched with
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yellow.
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''Passiflora quadrangularis'', is the largest of the passionfruits.
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Passiflora|genus page]].''
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===Propagation===
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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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==Cultivars==
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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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<gallery>
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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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</gallery>
    
==References==
 
==References==
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*{{1911}}
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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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