Vitamin C-rich passion fruit (or granadillas as they are known in South Africa) are mostly grown for export as fresh fruit or to be processed into granadilla pulp.
It is a popular garden plant with attractive flowers that rewards the gardener or farmer with two crops per year. This series provides an overview of granadilla farming, its uses and important producers.
By Marinda Louw
The passion fruit or granadilla well-known in South Africa is the purple variety named ‘Ester’ a combination of the small purple granadi...
Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) a native climbing fruit native to Paraguay, Brazil and northern Argentina in South America, belongs to the ...
How to Grow Granadillas. Granadillas can be grown from seedlings or seed. The growing temperatures should not exceed 29°C...
Granadillas, also called passion fruit, have a tough purple or yellow skin and a seedy aromatic flesh. It can be eaten fresh or processed to...