Passion fruit passionflower family, passionflower is a herbaceous vine plant, mainly planted in the tropics and subtropics, native to the Antilles.
When it was introduced to China in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, xipanlian was not used to eat, but to see. Because of the long flowering period and elegant flower color, which was deeply loved by the literati rioters, Zhang Dai planted passionflower when he built the plum blossom bookstore, describing it as "winding like a cherry blossom".
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the forgotten Xipanlian fruit seedlings grew randomly in the deep mountains, and because they grew too strangely, no one dared to eat them. It wasn't until people were forced to try during the famine years that Xi Panlian gave herself a name. Because the shape of the fruit is round and similar to an egg, it is also called "egg fruit".
There is a beautiful legend about passion fruit: in the legend of the American Indians, passionflower was the daughter of the day. She inherited the warm sunshine given by her father, always had a bright smile on her body, and she was the most beautiful flower in the forest and meadows. One day, when the morning star was rising, passionflower was awakened by a noisy noise in her sleep. She opened her eyes to see a teenager playing with the water by the river. His handsome appearance attracted the princess, and Passionflower fell in love with him at first sight. The teenager was not like the others that Passionflower had seen during the day, he was a guide to the night, appearing only at night. The princess was very fond of the night guide, counting the time all the time, waiting for the night to come, looking forward to seeing the night guide. Passionflower, which runs for love, is therefore called "love fruit".
In the mid-to-late 20th century, scientists analyzed the juice of purple fruits in the passionflower family and found that it actually contained the aromas of more than 10 kinds of fruits such as pomegranates, pineapples, lemons, bananas, sour plums, senna, strawberries, etc., so they named this purple fruit "passion fruit" and "king of juice". Compared with passionflower and egg fruit, the name passion fruit is more direct and clear, and it is more catchy.
In 1988, this passion fruit was introduced to Qinzhou and other places in Guangxi. In the past decade, passion fruit has become a popular fruit tree that is preferentially planted in Our country and Southeast Asian countries. In 2018, the national passion fruit planting area exceeded 900,000 mu. Among them, Guangxi has a cultivation area of nearly 500,000 mu and an output of 300,000 tons, accounting for 70% of the country, with an output value of about 2 billion yuan. In addition to the fresh passion fruit imported from Vietnam, Laos and other Southeast Asian countries in Guangxi, Guangxi passion fruit annual trading volume accounts for about 90% of the country, has become the country's largest passion fruit trading market, passion fruit imports are also increasing year by year.
Passion fruit is divided into three kinds according to color: golden passion fruit, purple passion fruit, and purple red passion fruit. Golden passion fruit is one of the best grades.
Golden passion fruit: when ripe, the peel is bright yellow, the fruit shape is larger, round, the star spots are more obvious, the growth is vigorous, the flowering is more, the yield is high, and the disease resistance is strong. The average fruit is 80-100 grams, the juice content is relatively high, juicy and delicious, and the taste is sweeter and the taste is better. Features: Its whiskers are purple in color, the stem is distinctly purple, and the fruit is yellow when ripe.
Purple passion fruit: small fruit shape, egg shape, star spots are not obvious, single fruit weight 40-60 grams, juice flavor, high sweetness, suitable for fresh food, but the juice content is low, average 30%. This variety group is hardy and heat-tolerant, but has weak disease resistance, weak growth and low yield. Features: Tendrils and young shoots are green, no purple, only the ripe peel is purple, even purple-black.
Purple passion fruit: it is a high-quality variety of yellow and purple passion fruit hybrid. The peel is purple-red, the stellate spots are obvious, the fruit is large, oblong, the cold resistance is strong, the growth is vigorous, and the results can be pollinated by self-flowering. The fruit weighs 100-130 grams and the juice content is up to 40%. The color is orange and yellow, the taste is fragrant, and the sugar content is 21%.
One of the raw materials of Wen Xiaoyu's passion fruit milk is the golden passion fruit selected, because of the passion, so versatile!