
The contemporary of epoch of symbolism, Jacomo Bosciom, a monk who wrote about the Torments of Christ, got drawings of the Passion flower flowers from Mexico and in this strange flower he found several symbols of Christ’s crucifixion: radial filaments in a form of wreath represent the Crown of Thorns, the ten petals and sepals symbolize ten faithful disciples (without Peter and Judas), three upper stigmata are the three nails, while five lower anthers symbolize five wounds of Jesus.
Passionflower originates from Middle and South America, where Europeans first saw it. Later on some variants of the Passifloraceae family widespread and were found in all humid and tropical climates of all continents apart from Europe and Antarctic.
The most popular variants are Passiflora edulis f. purpurea with purple fruits, and Passiflora edulis var. flavicarpa with yellow fruits.
There are around 500 variants of Passion flower. Some have fragrant flowers that smell nice and sweet, with mild fruity nuance and the nuance of heliotrope. Some of them have no smell, while some smell really bad. Pollination depends on the tastes of pollinators among which are bees, wasps, butterflies, bags, and hummingbirds. Many variants have edible fruits.
Passion fruit, or maracuya, or granadilla (both the flower and fruit have the same name, or better to say more than one names) is a round or oval shaped fruit of yellow or purple color. Its taste and smell we know mostly from the tropical juices and fruit yogurts. Passionfruit possesses very intense, exotic, ‘tropical’ scent and taste. Fragrant component Oxane (registered trademark of Firmenich) are produced from yellow Passionfruit and are used in production of Passionfruit and grapefruit aromas, as well as in citrusy and fruity fragrant compositions.
Most of Passionfruit variants are grown for their edible fruits. American Indians used Passionflower leaves as tranquilizer, and flower and leaf extract of this plant is used today as a sedative which does not cause addiction.
(Sources :Common Fragrance and Flavor Materials by H. Surburg, J. Panten, The American species of Passifloraceae, Bo Jensen Hature scents guide, wikipedia)
Author: jeca (jeca)
Fragrantica Member
HI Here in Brazil we buy Maracuja fruits at the supermarket. They are ugly, wrinkly, they always look rotten.
Itś round-baseball or softball size.
They have a styro-foamish texture to
the body when you cut it open. Then
there are shiny smooth black seeds
all together inside with yellow gel
around them. You must remove the seeds
and put them in a strainer, and stir and
beat them by hand until the juice separates . You get about a few spoons of juice-at most a 1/4 cup
or 30ml of juice. The juice is
extremely bitter and concentrated.
From there , you make what ever you want, diluting and adding sugar-cakes, drinks, everything, pudding. There is a 'sweet maracuja' that has a different shape and color and it is not bitter. The smell and taste of both varieties
is incredible. It is also used here
as a mild tranquilizer-home remedy-for tension and sleeplessness. For you Americans reading-we have Tang here-in Maracuja flavor ! Very few cosmetics
use it here, low production in general for factories of anykind, and, the body
is ground up and used for a constipation remedy and diabetes soother. Those items are being produced & sold in abundance here. You can buy a bottle of
the juice concentrate too, as a time saver, but, it doesn't compare to fresh!!!
Such an interesting article about the passionflower! I never knew about the symbolism between the flower's components and the relationship to Jesus and his disciples. This is just one more reason I love this particular flower.
This fruit is also used in cosmetic - juice improves elasticity and a skin tone.The fruit pulp contains vitamins A, B, C, calcium, phosphorus.
If you would like to have "an instant visit" to tropical paradise, or you got tired of long winter, simply eat maracuya! This tropical fruit will cheer you up - it is considered to be one of the most tasty on a planet. The most tasty combination - maracuya with ice-cream!
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