Passion fruit seeds can be swallowed directly, because the original black seeds can be eaten directly, and the bite will be particularly acidic, so directly swallowed can be. Some people say you need to chew and swallow, because the passion fruit seed contains starch and protein and other nutrients, not chewed can not be digested and absorbed. But the black seeds of passion fruit are relatively small and can be digested even when swallowed.

Passion fruit main varieties:

1, yellow passion fruit: bright yellow skin when ripe, fruit shape is larger, rounded, stellate spots are more obvious, single fruit average 80-100 grams. Fruit juice content is high, up to 45%, pH is equal to about 2.3.

Pros: yellow egg fruit growth, flowering, high yield, disease resistance. Disadvantages: heterozygous pollination in order to bear fruit, artificial pollination is required to ensure yield, not cold hardy, frost will die. Acidity, light aroma, generally do industrial raw materials, processing juice, not suitable for fresh food. Identification: look at the tendrils are purple, the stem is obviously purple, the skin is yellow when the fruit is ripe.

2, purple passion fruit: smaller fruit shape, egg-shaped, stellate spots are not obvious, single-fruit weight 40-60 grams, juice flavor, sweetness, suitable for fresh eating, but the juice content is low, an average of 30%. The variety is cold and heat resistant, but weak disease resistance, weak growth, low yield. Characteristics: tendrils and shoots are green, no purple, only the mature fruit skin is purple, or even purple-black.

3, fuchsia passion fruit: is yellow, purple two egg fruit hybrid varieties. Characteristics: purplish red pericarp, star-shaped spots obvious, fruit shape is larger, oblong, single fruit weight 100-130 grams, cold resistance and disease resistance, strong growth, can be self-pollinated results, without artificial pollination. Juice content of up to 40%, orange color, taste very fragrant, sugar 21%, suitable for fresh food processing two products.