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Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata L.
The passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is a perennial climbing plant with striking flowers. It was known to the South American indigenous peoples as a medicinal plant and was also used in Brazilian folk medicine. In herbal medicine, passionflower herb is traditionally used to treat nervous restlessness, difficulty falling asleep, trouble concentrating, and nervous gastrointestinal complaints. The plant is considered calming, antispasmodic, and relaxing.
Profile
- Botanical name: Passiflora incarnata L.
- German name: Passionflower
- Plant family: not listed
- Occurrence: originally, mainly in the southern states of the U.S. as well as in Central and South America
- Current distribution: tropical and subtropical regions; grown in India, Florida, Italy, and Spain, among other places
- Growth habit: perennial climbing plant
- Growth length: up to about 10 meters
- Flowering season: July through September
- Part of the plant used: Fresh, above-ground plant parts during the flowering period
- Key Ingredients: Flavonoids
- Features: calming, antispasmodic, relaxing
The passionflower is a perennial climbing plant with thick, fleshy, and extensive roots. Numerous green stems with longitudinal stripes grow from the rhizome and roots; these stems can reach lengths of up to 10 meters.
The leaves are deeply three-lobed, with a simple serrated margin and very fine hairs on the underside. They are arranged alternately on long petioles. Small stipules, slender corkscrew-like tendrils, and a single flower on a long stalk emerge from the leaf axils.
The flower has a diameter of about 8 centimeters. It has five tough sepals that are green on the outside and whitish on the inside. These are arranged alternately with five white petals. Inside the petals are several radiating whorls of fine filaments that are white on the inside and violet on the outside.
In the fall, an egg-shaped, yellowish-green to pale orange berry ripens from the ovary. The edible fruits are about 6 centimeters in size and contain numerous wrinkled seeds surrounded by sweet-tasting pulp.
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Related health topics:
- Sleep & Relaxation
- Nervous restlessness
- Stress & Sleep
- Concentration
- Menopause
- Gastrointestinal symptoms caused by anxiety