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GRANADILLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 336 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRANADILLA , the name applied to Passiflora quadrangularis, Linn., a plant of the natural See also:

order Passifloreae, a native of tropical See also:America, having smooth, cordate, ovate or See also:acuminate leaves; petioles bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an emetic and narcotic See also:root; scented See also:flowers; and a large, oblong See also:fruit,. containing numerous seeds, imbedded in a subacid edible pulp. The granadilla is sometimes grown in See also:British hothouses. The fruits of several other See also:species of Passiflora are eaten. P. laurifolia is the " See also:water See also:lemon," and P. maliformis the " sweet See also:calabash " of the See also:West Indies.

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