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GRANADILLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 336 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRANADILLA  , the name applied to Passiflora quadrangularis, Linn., a plant of the natural

order Passifloreae, a native of tropical
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America, having smooth, cordate, ovate or acuminate leaves; petioles bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an emetic and narcotic root; scented flowers; and a large, oblong fruit,. containing numerous seeds, imbedded in a subacid edible pulp . The granadilla is sometimes grown in
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British hothouses . The fruits of several other
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species of Passiflora are eaten . P. laurifolia is the "
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water lemon," and P. maliformis the " sweet calabash " of the West Indies .

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