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Wild Water Lemon
Passiflora foetida
a.k.a. Love-in-a-Mist, Stinking Passion Flower, Granadilla Colorada, Goat Scented Passion Flower  

Small yellow to orange passion fruit with a flavor similar to the common passion fruit.

Description: Fast-growing vine, particularly in warm, wet, tropical regions. Grow like most passion vines. The leaves give off a fetid odor but the flowers have a pleasant minty smell.

Hardiness: Hardy to temperatures in the upper 30's.

Propagation: Usually grown by seeds.

Uses: Usually eaten fresh or used to flavor drinks. The fruit, flowers and leaves have a variety of medicinal properties.

Native Range: Native to tropical America. Has now spread throughout the tropics in America, Asia, and the Pacific Islands where it is an invasive weed.