Passion fruit has white hair and cannot be eaten. Under normal circumstances, the color of edible ripe passion fruit is purple, the shell is tough and smooth, the pulp is yellow, like raw egg yolk, and the taste is sour, sweet, juicy and refreshing. However, if there are white hairs on the surface of the shell, it means Passion fruit is contaminated by mold and becomes moldy. In this case, passion fruit contains a large amount of mycotoxins. If eaten, it will cause harm to health, so it cannot be eaten anymore.

Passion fruit:

Passion fruit is a herbaceous vine of the Passiflora family. About 6 meters long; stems are finely striped and hairless; leaves are papery, 6-13 cm long, 8-13 cm wide, base wedge-shaped or heart-shaped, hairless; cymes degenerate with only 1 flower remaining, opposite to tendrils Healthy; flowers are fragrant, about 4 cm in diameter; pedicels are 4-4.5 cm long; bracts are green, broadly oval or rhombus-shaped, 1-1.2 cm long, with irregular serrated edges; 5 sepals, green on the outside and green and white on the inside. , 2.5-3 cm long; 5 petals, as long as the sepals; disc membranous, about 4 mm high; male and female stalks 1-1.2 cm long; 5 stamens; anthers oblong; ovary obovoid; style 3 pieces, flat rod-shaped; berries are ovoid, 3-4 cm in diameter, hairless, purple when ripe; seeds are numerous, ovate, 5-6 mm long. The flowering period is June and the fruiting period is November.

Distributed in the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles, widely planted in tropical and subtropical areas. In China, it is cultivated in Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan, and Taiwan, and sometimes grows in jungles in valleys at an altitude of 180-1900 meters.

The fruit can be eaten raw or used as vegetables and feed; used as medicine for stimulating and strengthening effects; the pulp of the fruit is juicy and can be made into fragrant and delicious drinks by adding calcium bicarbonate and sugar; pressing the seeds for oil can It is used for food, soap making, paint making, etc.; the flowers are large and beautiful and can be used as garden ornamental plants.