Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

This may be boiled with the root of bryal wys and coconut leaf to make a tonic which is said to be "good for dark eyes-it nourishes the blood". The leaves of some species of Passiflora contain hydrocyanic acid

Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p. 66.