The sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata Curtis) is polymorphic with high variability in size, shape, weight, thickness of cortex, color of pulp and number of seeds in the fruit. The propagation by seeds increases the heterosis of the cultivated plants. The aim of this paper was to evaluate agronomic, morphological and cytogenetics aspects and identify native population of passion fruit. The introductions Mogi-Guaçu and Grande showed better characteristics.
sweet passion-fruit; Passiflora alata; variability; caracterization
