Editing Passiflora quadrangularis

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|species = quadrangularis
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<ref name="GRIN">{{GRIN | access-date=2013-01-30}}</ref>
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'''''Passiflora quadrangularis''''', the '''giant granadilla''', '''barbadine''' ([[Trinidad]]), '''grenadine'''  ([[Haiti]]), '''giant tumbo''' or '''badea'''  ({{IPA|es|baˈðe.a}}), is a species of plant in the family Passifloraceae. It produces the largest fruit of any species within the genus ''[[Passiflora]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boning|first=Charles R.|title=Florida's Best Fruiting Plants: Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines|year=2006|publisher=Pineapple Press, Inc.|location=Sarasota, Florida|page=169}}</ref>  It is a perennial climber native to the [[Neotropical realm|Neotropics]].

==Description==

[[File:Passiflora quadrangularis the giant granadilla 01.jpg|thumb|''Passiflora quadrangularis'' flower]]

It is a vigorous, tender evergreen perennial climber with nodding red flowers, each surrounded by white and purple filaments. It has smooth, cordate, ovate or [[acuminate]] leaves; [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an [[emetic]] and [[narcotic]] root; scented [[flower]]s; and a large, oblong fruit, up to 12 inches (30  cm) in length.<ref>{{cite book | last= Williams | first= C. N. |display-authors=etal | date= 1980 | title= Tree and Field Crops of the Wetter Regions of the Tropics | location= London | publisher= The Longman Group | page= 125 }}</ref> containing numerous seeds, embedded in a [[wikt:subacid|subacid]] edible pulp.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Granadilla |volume=12 |page=336 |inline=1}}</ref>

==Uses==
The badea is sometimes grown in [[greenhouse]]s. The fruits of several other species of Passiflora are eaten. ''[[Passiflora laurifolia|P. laurifolia]]'' is the [[water lemon]] and ''[[Passiflora maliformis|P. maliformis]]'' the [[sweet calabash]] of the [[West Indies]].<ref name=EB1911/>

The fruit juice of the badea is used as a beverage. In some parts of Sri Lanka the fruit, where it is known as '''ටං ටිං''' ({{IPA|si| tʌŋ tIŋ|}}), රට පුහුල් or ටුං ටුං,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=978|title=Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka: Plants Details|website=www.instituteofayurveda.org|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> is cooked as a vegetable curry, and the seeds are consumed as a snack or used to extract juice.

A tea is made from the leaves which is used for [[Hypertension|high blood pressure]] and [[diabetes]]. A drink and ice-cream are made from the fruit.<ref>Mendes (1986), p. 10.</ref>

==Ornamental==
''Passiflora quadrangularis'' is also grown as an ornamental. Requiring a minimum temperature of {{convert|8 |C|F|abbr=on}}, in temperate zones it must be grown under glass. It has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/12363/i-Passiflora-quadrangularis-i-(F)/Details
| title = RHS Plantfinder - ''Passiflora quadrangularis'' | access-date = 18 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web 
| url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 
| page = 72 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 17 April 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Passiflora maliformis]]'' (Sweet calabash)
*''[[Passiflora laurifolia]]'' (Water lemon)
*''[[Passiflora foetida]]'' (Wild water lemon or stinking passion flower)

==References==
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==Gallery==
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Badea.jpg
Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe (8594787963).jpg|Louis van Houtte,1853
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==External links==
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*Mendes, John. (1986). ''Cote ce Cote la: Trinidad & Tobago Dictionary''. [[Arima]], Trinidad.

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