Martha's exotic Backyard in Israel:
Passiflora edulis, Passion fruit,
שעונית נאכלת
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| | Scientific name: |
| Passiflora edulis |
| Common name: |
| Passion flower |
| Hebrew name: |
| clock-flower/sha'onit, שעונית נאכלת |
| Family: |
| Passifloraceae, שעוניתיים |
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| | Life form: |
| Climbing vine |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, deeply 3-lobed, finely dentate |
| Flowers: |
| 5 greenish-white sepals, 5 white petals and a fringelike corona of straight, white-tipped rays, rich purple at the base and 5 stamens with large anthers, the ovary and triple-branched style forming a prominent central structure |
| Fruits: |
| Round to oval, yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds |
| Origin: |
| From southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina |
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