Lost Crops of the Incas Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989) / Chapter Skim
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, which is native to Brazil and nearby tropical" areas. However, at least 40 Passiflora species produce fruits, of which 11 are cultivated on at least a small scaled Several that occur in the Andes are highlighted in this chapter.4 Research to select strains with high yields and good fruit quality could transform these into significant commercial resources.
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, often called the banana passionfruit in English, is found in the wild at midelevations 5 In its Latin American homeland, it is known as curuba, curuba de Castilla, or curuba sabanera blanco (Colombia) ; tacso, tagso, tauso (Ecuador)
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Today, it is cultivated in home gardens and commercial orchards, and the highly prized fruits are regularly available in local markets. Colombia has some outstanding varieties; it has begun exporting the fruits, and has established a national committee to study the biology and agronomy of this species.6 Curuba juice is considered the finest of all passionfruit juices, and a wine is made from it.
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A native of Colombia, it is grown at higher altitudes in the northern Andes, but still at a somewhat lower level than that where curuba is grown. The sweet fruits are 4-5 cm long, greenish yellow outside and pale yellow inside.
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~~ In the Andes this fruit is sometimes known as granadilla de piedra or granadilla de hueso, for the hard rind, and in the West Indies it is known as sweetcup or conch apple.
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and are commonly marketed in Bogota. When PROEXPO, a government agency that promotes Colombia's exports, sent collections of different passionfruits to food fairs in Europe, the chulupa received high marks for flavor.
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~3 This banana-shaped "curuba bogotana" is much like the true curuba (Passifora mollissima, see above) , but it has a bright, attractive, red skin.~4 Its aromatic, mildly biting orange flesh is used to flavor drinks, ice cream, yogurt, or other products.
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Horticultural and marketing analyses, trials, and comparisons should be undertaken quickly. It seems probable that many of the Andean species initially will be low yielding, although they are likely to show outstanding response to modern methods and research.
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New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and a few other warm-temperate regions produce the common passionfruit for commerce as well as for backyard planting. Species from the Andes could strengthen such enterprises by possibly adding a few degrees of extra cold tolerance, by providing sweeter or different tasting fruits, as well as by perhaps increasing the fruit size.
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