Passion plants not native to Indonesia, but it is a plant that originated from South America for Foreign Affairs of the State of Brazil, which spread to Indonesia. Passion in their home country grows wild in the forest-wet forest which has hundreds of Passiflora Species.
Passion fruit plants have been developed in several provinces, especially in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Lampung and South Sulawesi.
Passion fruit cultivation can be developed in an integrated partnership between farmers either incorporated in the farmers' groups or cooperatives with passion fruit processing company as the core enterprise. Passion fruit market opportunities and their processed products is very large both in the country and abroad. Demand has increased while the production can not keep up.
In Indonesia there are 4 (four) types of cultivated Passion:
1. Purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis var. Edulis)
2. Konyal passion fruit (Passiflora lingularis
3. Yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis var. Flavicarpa).
4. Erbis Passion Fruit (Passiflora quadrangularis).
Purple passion fruit is more developed in North Sumatra and South Sulawesi. These plants can grow on 800 1500 m altitude above sea level. Passion fruit plants propagated by cuttings and connection techniques. The recommended system is a vine with live plants, including bamboo shoots, without using wires.
Passion fruit can be eaten fresh, but most of the pulp is extracted and preserved through the heating or cooling. Sari passion fruit has a distinctive aroma and strong, sour taste, can be a natural concentrates. If added sweeteners (sugars) and diluted so it will be very comfortable and suitable to be mixed with other juices. Typical processed product is ice cream, sherbet, nentar, fruit juice, concentrate, squash, jams, and jellies.
Passiflorance a lot of passion fruit contained in efficacious to appease the nerve, passion fruit is also a source of some vitamins, especially vitamin C and vitamin A. In addition, passion fruit benefits health among others, to heal the body is weak after the illness, loss of appetite, anemia accompanied by pale lips, was cold in the limbs and dizziness, lack of milk after childbirth, and to restore
Passion Fruit Benefits include:
1. Cancer ward
2. Overcoming insomnia
3. Overcoming cough
4. Anti allergic
5. Calming hyperactive children
6. ASI launches
7. Maintain facial beauty
8. Lowers cholesterol
9. Widen the blood vessels that have refinements
10. Circulation
11. Anti-inflammatory
12. Fever (anti piretik)
13. Preventing hypertension
14. Pain relief (analgesic)
15. Antiseptic
16. Facial wrinkle remover
17. Maintaining fitness
18. Antibodies
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