ITALY. Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), Tea Cut, Certified Organic Common names: Maypop, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine, Ocoee, Granadilla, Maracoc, Madre Selva, Corona de Cristo, Water Lemon, Charkhi Felek, Jhumkalata, Ward Assa’ah, Shivpushpi Family: Passifloraceae Passionflower is a perennial vine, bearing intricate purple and white flowers that mature into a type of passion fruit. Native to southeastern USA, Mexico, and Central and South America, it thrives best in sunny areas, typically in thickets and unmowed pastures, and near rivers and roadsides. Valued by Native American groups for its edible fruit and its medicinal uses, Passionflower seems not to have been adopted by settlers until much later than many other herbs.