Botanical name: Passiflora incarnata
Other name: maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot, and wild passion vine
Passion flower is a swiftly proliferating trailing vine that ascends using axillary tendrils. While it adopts a woody nature in warm winter climates, it regresses to the ground in colder regions during winter. Indigenous to the southeastern United States, it thrives in average, well-drained soils, displaying optimal growth in full sun to partial shade.
Medicinal Uses:
- A Mild Sedative
- Reduces Anxiety
- Controls Pain and Reduces Inflammation
- Muscle Relaxant
- Combats Insomnia
- Fights Neuralgia and Seizures
- May be effective for ADHD
- Mediates the Symptoms of Opiate Withdrawals
- Acts as a Cardiac Tonic
- Balances the Symptoms of Spasmodic Asthma
