Hi folks.


I have a passionfruit of unknown variety, and want to know if I can
eat the fruits without harm. While I very much doubt there are toxic
varieties, I'd rather know

fruits are 1.5 to 2" long and upto 1.5" across
Flowers contain purple/brown, yellow, and a very thin band of white.


Thanks, NT

On 2 Oct 2004 10:36:17 -0700, (N. Thornton) wrote:

Hi folks.


I have a passionfruit of unknown variety, and want to know if I can
eat the fruits without harm. While I very much doubt there are toxic
varieties, I'd rather know

fruits are 1.5 to 2" long and upto 1.5" across
Flowers contain purple/brown, yellow, and a very thin band of white.


Thanks, NT


No passion fruit are listed in my poison plants book. Some of the
fruits tease bad, to me, at least, but a friend says that he has
acquired a taste for them and eats them.

The plant itself has some bad stuff in it, Passiflora incarnata has
harmine alkaloids, which are indole in structure ... When taken as a
tea or cigarette, the plant material acts as a mild stimulant.


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- Charles
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 01:47:28 GMT, Charles
wrote:

On 2 Oct 2004 10:36:17 -0700, (N. Thornton) wrote:

Hi folks.


I have a passionfruit of unknown variety, and want to know if I can
eat the fruits without harm. While I very much doubt there are toxic
varieties, I'd rather know

fruits are 1.5 to 2" long and upto 1.5" across
Flowers contain purple/brown, yellow, and a very thin band of white.


Thanks, NT


No passion fruit are listed in my poison plants book. Some of the
fruits tease bad, to me, at least, but a friend says that he has
^^^^ was supposed to be taste
acquired a taste for them and eats them.

The plant itself has some bad stuff in it, Passiflora incarnata has
harmine alkaloids, which are indole in structure ... When taken as a
tea or cigarette, the plant material acts as a mild stimulant.

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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

Charles wrote in message . ..
On 2 Oct 2004 10:36:17 -0700, (N. Thornton) wrote:

Hi folks.


I have a passionfruit of unknown variety, and want to know if I can
eat the fruits without harm. While I very much doubt there are toxic
varieties, I'd rather know

fruits are 1.5 to 2" long and upto 1.5" across
Flowers contain purple/brown, yellow, and a very thin band of white.


Thanks, NT


No passion fruit are listed in my poison plants book. Some of the
fruits tease bad, to me, at least, but a friend says that he has
acquired a taste for them and eats them.

The plant itself has some bad stuff in it, Passiflora incarnata has
harmine alkaloids, which are indole in structure ... When taken as a
tea or cigarette, the plant material acts as a mild stimulant.


Thanks Charles. Add them in small amounts to orange juice, gives it a
gorgeous tang Something like 3 or 5%.

NT

Hey there,

the leaves of Passiflora incarnata actually act as a mild sedative rather than as a stimulant, which is why it's used in home remedies for insomnia. It's quite pleasant tasting as a tea (although it's not so nice when smoked, and to be honest doesn't roll all that well), two teaspoons of the dried leaf to a cup of water is sufficient, let it steep for ten minutes and then drink it about an hour or so before you plan to go to bed.

Emma