Maracujá do Mato (Wild Passion Flower)
Passiflora nitida
About Maracujá do Mato (Wild Passion Flower)
Maracujá do Mato (Wild Passion Flower) (Passiflora nitida) is a herb used in the Brazilian Phytotherapy tradition to help with Anxiety, Insomnia, High Blood Pressure, and Headache. The flowers are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Passiflora nitida, the bell apple, is a tasty, but relatively unknown passion fruit. It is similar to P. laurifolia, with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet, succulent pulp. It is a fast-growing tropical vine. Its flowers are blue and red, a bit like P. laurifolia and P. quadrangularis. The fruits grow up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in). The exact hardiness in unknown, but it is tropical and should be protected from prolonged temperatures below 50–55 °F (10–13 °C). It is not frost...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist