Passiflora nitida

Passiflora nitida, the bell apple, is a tasty, but relatively unknown passion fruit. It is similar to "P. laurifolia", with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet, succulent pulp. It is a fast-growing tropical vine. Its flowers are blue and red, a bit like "P. laurifolia" and "P. quadrangularis". The fruits grow up to . The exact hardiness in unknown, but it is tropical and should be protected from prolonged temperatures below . It is not frost hardy. "Passiflora nitida" is the cousin of almost all the "Passiflora" species like "P. actinia", "P. flavicarpa", "P. loefgrenii" and so on. Its propagation is by seeds. The fruits are eaten fresh and reportedly quite good in flavor. The bell apple is a native to the Amazon jungle region. "Passiflora nitida" is also a useful fruit in a drink called Purple Passion. "Passiflora nitida" has one of the widest geographic ranges. It grows in the tropical lowlands from Costa Rica in the north and French Guiana in the northeast, through wide parts of Brazil.