Passion fruit is botanically known as Passiflora edulis, which is a vine species from the Passionflower family. It is cultivated commercially in a tropical and subtropical climate. It is mainly grown for its sweet, seedy fruit. The fruit is a type of berry round to oval, either yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit is both eaten and juiced, the juice is often added to other fruit juices to enhance the aroma.

It is a perennial vigorous climbing vine, usually, the vine produces a single flower. The fruit