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| PASSION FRUIT OR FRUIT OF THE PASSION. |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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ORIGIN AND VARIETIES
 It is an original fruit of Central America. Brazil is possibly the biggest producer followed by Colombia, Venezuela and the whole Central America. Also there takes place in Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, south of Africa and Australia. The European market receives in addition to the fruits species, yellow, residence and passionflower, a big variety of hybrids. Brazil produces the following varieties: and the . Australia has developed resistant hybrids, between others, . In Hawaii there is the varietywhose fruits can weigh up to 90 grams; yellow rind and dark, very juicy orange pulp.
HIS BEST EPOCH
It is free from October until April, although his best period is in winter.
CHARACTERISTICS
 is like a round or ovoid berry, being the yellow variety and the passionflower those of major size. The thickness of the skin depends on the variety. In the sweet passionflower, the rind is smooth, it lasts and quilted to protect to the pulp and his form is egg-shaped, with an end finished in top.
 has a diameter from 35 to 80 millimeters and a 30 grams approximate weight. The fruit of the yellow passion is longer than the residence and it can go so far as to weigh up to 100 grams.
 his skin changes between the yellow one or the purple one and orange, according to the variety. The internal layer is white and the cavity contains big quantity of covered pips of an orange or yellow and greenish, very tasty and aromatic meat. The passionflower is replete with creaking seeds of black - greyish color.
 has a very refreshing, exotic, fruity sweet and sour flavor and with a light note to apricot. The sweet passionflower has a gelatinous, viscous pulp, of flavor more sweet than other varieties and very aromatic, with a consistency similar to a jam.
The compilation is realized when the fruit of the passion, yellow or purple, is mature, falls down to the soil and begins wrinkling, but to be able to export fresh air, the harvest must be realized before the above mentioned process begins. Eliminating the skin and the seeds, there is obtained the pure juice, which supposes approximately 32 % of the entire weight.
For his stiff one, the fruit of the passion must be selected and cut manually. Later it is packed in boxes with holes to allow the ventilation.
HOW TO CHOOSE IT AND TO PRESERVE IT
The fruit of the passion has a smooth skin that wrinkles to the little of buying it, what indicates that it is mature and that he has suffered a small loss of moisture. The wrinkled fruits must be consumed by the biggest briefness.
The passionflower owes to allow to temperature ambience so that it matures and his flavor is smoothed and sweetens. Once it matures can keep in the icebox for one week or it is possible to freeze in entire pieces or extracting the pulp, staying like that in ideal conditions for months.
NOURISHING PROPERTIES
The water is his principal component. It contains a high carbohydrates quantity therefore his caloric value is very high.
It is necessary to emphasize his provitamina content A, vitamin C and with regard to the minerals, his contribution of potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. The yellow variety is richer in minerals and in provitamina A that the residence.
Also, it contains a high quantity of fibre, which improves the intestinal transit and reduces the risk of certain alterations and illnesses.
The provitamina A or beta caroteno transforms in vitamin A in our similar organism this one needs it. The above mentioned vitamin is essential for the vision, the good state of the skin, the hair, the mucous membranes, the bones and for the good functioning of the immune system. The vitamin C intervenes in the formation of collagen, bones and teeth, red globules and favors the absorption of the iron of the food and the resistance to the infections. Both vitamins fulfill also an antirust function. The potassium is a mineral necessary for the transmission and generation of the nervous impulse and for the normal muscular activity, it intervenes in the water balance inside and out of the cell. The phosphorus intervenes in the formation of bones and teeth and takes part in the energy metabolism. The magnesium is related to the functioning of intestine, nerves and muscles, also it is part of bones and teeth, improves the immunity and possesses a soft laxative effect.
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