Why is it called Passion flower and Passion fruit?

Passion flower - Passiflora

Passion fruit - Passiflora

☸️ The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit.

🪷 Passion vines, passion flowers, and passion fruits - these are all Passiflora - fascinating plants with a rich history. These vines come from tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.
🪷 Medicinal: Various parts of the passion vine have been used in traditional medicine to treat ailments such as anxiety, insomnia, and hypertension.
🪷 Host for Butterflies: Passion vines serve as host plants for several butterfly species.
🪷 Passion of Christ: the passion flower's complex structure with five sepals, five petals often used to symbolize the Passion of Christ in Christian tradition. Spanish Christian missionaries in South America saw the flower's structure as a representation of Christ's crucifixion, which led to the name Passion Flower.
🪷 Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) - Maracuya - is highly nutritious, rich in vitamins A and C, fiber, and antioxidants.
🪷 Delicious pulp: the fruit is popular in many cuisines around the world, used in beverages, desserts.
🪷 Two main types of passion fruit: the purple sweeter variety (Passiflora edulis) and the yellow variety larger and more acidic (Passiflora x flavicarpa).
🪷 Fast growing vine in no time: known for their rapid growth, Passifloras need strong support as they can quickly cover large areas.