Orange skinned, red flesh. Pest? (forum)

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Hi there.

I stumbled across this strange variety of passionfruit in the sand dunes near my house in Papamoa, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand.

At first it looked like the tree was laden with small orange figs or something.
Upon closer inspection I the tree was in fact entangled by a 5 leafed vine with beautiful white, violet flowers which smell a little like feijoas and bearing vibrant orange fruit.
The skin of the fruit is a similar colour, strength and texture to a mandarin, but smooth and the flesh inside is bright red and quite sweet with no real taste.
They seem to be edible, as I'm not dead yet...

I've looked on this site and others to try and find out what type of passionfruit this is, with no real luck. It might be a banana, panama gold or grandilla, but the flesh is different. I would be suprised if they're a new type because I remember eating some a few years back on a distant neighbour's fence.

The reason I ask is because I'm thinking of growing these ornamentally in my garden, and need to know if they're are going to be a pest.

Thanks
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Time: 18th January 2009 3:01pm

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RolFlor a says...
The effects are toxic, fatal and delayed.
Passiflora cadaver.

Time: 18th January 2009 4:09pm

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peter says...
it is a blue crowm passion fruit.
i have forgotten the botanical name.
they are ok to eat.
i have some growing myself, but no fruit yet.
this is the variety commonly used
as a rootstock for nelly kelly passion
fruit.

your plant should have a purpley
coloured stem.

Time: 18th January 2009 4:21pm

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peter says...
passiflora caerulea

as far as being a pest i dont know.

Time: 18th January 2009 4:24pm

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RolFlor a says...
The toxic effects of the 'Blue Crown' passionfruit are fatal in NZ,so don't eat it.
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/blue_passion_flower.htm

Time: 18th January 2009 4:32pm

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Identify my Passionfruit says...
Well turns out its alot more common than I thought!
All my searches were for an orange skinned passionfruit with red flesh which is probably why a blue flowered passionfruit didn't show up...
Don't think I'll grow it in my garden though, as its counted as a pest in NZ because it endangers our native trees.
The government is trying to eradicate it...

Time: 18th January 2009 5:11pm

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peter says...
rolflor a
i had a look at your link and they say
deep red edible pulp.
and a tea can be made from the plant for a calming affect.

Time: 18th January 2009 5:51pm

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RolFlor a says...
Yeah,that information is from a new zealander after too many passionfruit leaves on Guy Fawkes night.

Time: 18th January 2009 8:11pm

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Chris says...
I have this exact passionfruit in my garden, planted on purpose but not the desired fruit. It was supposed to be Nelly Kelly but this is the root stock that has grown up while we were away and taken over. It seems to be no more prolific than regular passionfruit but is sending shoots out in other parts of the garden that we pull out. If this passionfruit was SO DANGEROUD TO EAT it would not be used as root stock.
The grafts on one of our plants died but the other, supposed to be panama gold, hasn't, but no friut different from the golden coloured one.
We are quite happy. no-one else has this passionfruit and it is sweet and light without the bite of a regular passionfruit, a lot like a bannana passionfruit just red!

Time: 22nd February 2009 7:02pm

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Julie says...
I would regard it as a pest. Since my Nelly Kelly passionfruit died several years ago, the rootstock just keeps comimg, and climbs into my Butia palm.

My son has a problem with passionfruit from next door, it keeps coming up in his lawn. I had a similiar problem in a rented house once. It's not overwhelming, but a bit of a nuisance.

Time: 25th February 2009 5:41pm

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Cassie says...
I am having difficulty with this passionfruit vine. I have just bought the house and discovered the vine.
It flowers alot but the fruit are orange with red pulp and very soft, and so far Ive only seen 2. Ive read that it could be a blue crown passionfruit stock that has taken over, but I need help.
The stems are purple in colour, especially the stem that comes out on the right. Is this the grafted on part? Shoud I cut off somewhere? Also, there are lots of other shoots coming out of the ground along the fenceline. They are all purple stemmed shoots.
What should I do?
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Time: 28th January 2011 6:57pm

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peter 1000 says...
cassie
definately blue crown
if either of those stems comming out of the ground have leaves with 3 fingers
then that will be the graft.
if not then the rootstock has tacken over completly.

tess
its ok to eat them.

Time: 8th March 2013 6:17pm

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Pandurunga says...
n a recent trip to Dereel in Victoria, I came across this passion fruit vine, loaded with fruit. I ate them all. They are absolutely scrumptious. I had no ill side effects. As a pest, well, any plant left unmanaged can become a problem, so maybe kept in a pot could resolve some of the potential problems. I will be giving it a go in the tropics and hope to achieve rampancy. Apparently, the birds love them hence the vine i came across was netted.

Time: 15th February 2015 12:55pm

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