Andean Passionflower (Tumbo)
Passiflora tripartita
About Andean Passionflower (Tumbo)
Andean Passionflower (Tumbo) (Passiflora tripartita) is a herb used in the Andean & Incan Medicine tradition to help with Anxiety, Insomnia, Stress, and Digestive Issues. The aerial parts are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Banana passionfruit is the fruit of several plants in the genus Passiflora, and is therefore related to the passion fruit. They look somewhat like a straight, small banana with rounded ends. It was given this name in New Zealand, where passionfruit are also prevalent. In Hawaii, it is called banana poka. In its Latin American homeland, it is known as curuba, curuba de Castilla, or curuba sabanera blanca (Colombia); taxo, tacso, tagso, tauso (Ecuador); parcha, taxo...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist