The edible commercial species of passion fruit originated on the edges of South America rainforest in the Amazon region of Brazil and possibly in Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Introduced to the Caribbean more than 100 years ago, passion fruit is now becoming commercially important in some Caribbean countries such as Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname.
Commercial production of passion fruits is currently increasing due to industrialization of the processed passion fruit products.
Large number of volatiles have been found in the various extracts of purple and yellow passion fruit; nearly 300 components have been identified as passion fruit volatiles.
Among these compounds, ester (aliphatic, aromatic, and terpenoid), are the most abundant class of volatiles followed by C13 norterpenoids and monoterpenoids.
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