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lilikoʻi

/ lili.koʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Passion fruit, purple water lemon, or purple granadilla (Passiflora edulis 🌐), an American vine with three-lobed leaves and edible dull-purple fruits about 5 cm long, growing wild in many forests of Hawaiʻi; said to be named after Lilikoʻi, Maui, where it was first grown. The yellow-fruited lilikoʻi (P. edulis f. flavicarpa), is similar but has yellow, better-tasting fruits; it is grown commercially in the Hawaiian Islands and used for desserts and beverages.

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    • Neal 599.

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Lilikoi (lī-lī-ko'i), n.

/ lī-lī-ko'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Passion fruit or water lemon. Named from Lilikoi, Maui, where they were first introduced.

lilikoʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis), named after a gulch in Maui. The fruit is berrylike and often called granadilla or water lemon. Its leaves are used for a dye. (NEAL 597.) Introduced.

liliko‘i

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

passion fruit.

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