![Passion flower "The "Passion" in "passion flower" refers to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion:[citation needed]".<br />
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The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.<br />
The tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ.<br />
The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (excluding St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).<br />
The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.<br />
The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail.<br />
The 3 stigmas represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance). Geotagged,Passiflora coccinea,United States](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/23476_medium.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=U%2FBFAWx%2BNvOURehqv2%2FMzMlhuX8%3D)
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Passion flower
"The "Passion" in "passion flower" refers to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion:[citation needed]".
The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.
The tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ.
The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (excluding St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).
The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.
The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail.
The 3 stigmas represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
''Passiflora coccinea'' is a fast-growing vine, bearing striped, 2 cm passion fruits with edible pulp. Its beautiful dark red flowers share similarities with those of ''Passiflora vitifolia''. It is usually grown by seeds or cuttings. The fruit is quite similar to that of ''Passiflora capsularis'' because the fruit of these are the only red ones in the Passifloraceae. It is usually eaten fresh. Native to the Amazon region of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia as well as Venezuela and the Guianas.
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