Know as: Highly nutritive, passion fruit acts as a smooth relaxant in the body.
Scientific Name: Passiflora edulis
It is original from Tropical America. It is highly nutritive, rich in vitamin C and complex B (B2 and B5), besides containing reasonable content of minerals like iron, calcium and phosphorus.
Vitamin C is important to the organism for resistance to the blood vases, bone strength and teeth formation. Acts against infections and help on wound heeling.
Complex B vitamins avoid skin, digestive and nerve problems, besides being essential to hair growing.
Calcium and phosphorus are minerals that participate on the bone and teeth formation, muscular constitution and nerve impulse transmission. Iron contributes to the well blood formation.
The passion fruit sedative powers are well known. It works in the organism as a soothing and the seeds are a powerful vermifuge.
The ripe fruit can be conserved in the fridge for two to three weeks. Unripe, can be kept in a fresh dry place.
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