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| Scented postage stamp: Passion fruit |
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Best known under the name of passion fruit, the granadilla (Passiflora edulis) belongs to the species of creepers. This beautiful and rather robust liana is cultivated for the beauty of its outstanding flowers, the delicious savour of its fruits and the shade it can provide (arbours, pergolas…).
The magnificent flowers with coloured crowns are full with sweet nectar and their protruding fruits contain some juicy and slightly gelatinous pulp. Their taste varies according to species. In fact there are some twenty edible varieties.
In Tahiti, the yellow granadilla (Passiflora edulis flavicarpa) is quite common. The often acid fruit, full of small seeds, is round and has a light yellow to golden yellow skin whereas the dark red variety (Passiflora edulis) is sweeter and can be eaten more easily.
The passion fruit can be consumed in its natural condition, in concentrated juices, jams, and sorbets and also as an ingredient of Polynesian cocktails.
The Post and Telecommunications Office has pleasure in presenting its sixth scented postage stamp! |
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