Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to southern Brazil, through Paraguay, and into northern Argentina. Its fruit is a type of berry, round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds, and the plant is cultivated commercially across tropical and subtropical areas for that fruit.
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Native to the central part of South America.
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