Passion fruit and passion fruit are the same thing! Alias: Zhuanzhilian, Zhuanxinlian.

Source: It is the whole plant of Passiflora coerulea L.

Plant form: Perennial twining herb. The stem is thin, about 4m long, with fine hairs and a single tendril attached to the leaf axils. The leaves are alternate, palm-shaped, with 3 or 5 deep lobes, 6 to 10 cm long, 9 to 15 cm wide, the lobes are lanceolate, the apex is pointed, the edges are serrated, and the base is heart-shaped; the petiole is 2 to 5 cm long, with 2 lobes at the apex near the leaf base. nectaries. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axil, and the pedicel is 5-7cm long; the sepals are 5, rectangular, with a rounded apex, and a protrusion on the back; the petals are 5, light red, with fine whiskers inside, and are dark purple or lavender; the stamens are 5, which can rotate and look like Clock; superior ovary. The berries are oval and yellow when ripe. Flowering season is autumn.

Mostly cultivated in gardens.

Harvested in summer and autumn.

Chemical composition: Flowers and fruit ears contain pyrocatechol, gallic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, myristic acid, sitosterol, etc.

Nature and flavor: Warm in nature and bitter in taste.

Functions and Indications: Remove wind, clear away heat, relieve cough and reduce phlegm. Used for wind-heat dizziness, nasal congestion and runny nose.