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Pasionaria Purpura

This picture was taken from the garden of a house in Orizaba, Veracruz-Mexico. This was a summer morning when the first rays of sun were touching it as to bring out its beauty. Colorful flowers in gardens are typical in Orizaba. This is a beautiful flower which is known as “Pasionaria Purpura” or “Flor de la Pasión,” which in English means “Passion Flower”. This flower grows in tropical climate, and it is the flower of the popular fruit maracuja. For its exotic appearance, “Pasionaria Purpura,” has an ornamental use, but it also is used because of its medicinal properties. Some of its uses are as: an analgesic, a sedative, and an antispasmodic.

Guadalupe Citlahua-Hernandez

University of Veracruz

BCA Mexico

 

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Uploaded on April 27, 2009
Taken on August 4, 2008