Flowers, leaves and root are edible.
Leaves and young shoots can be cooked.
The juice of the roots is an effective antidote in cases of arsenic poisoning...
A sweet and delicate musk-like odour is produced by the seed coat. The essential oil obtained from the plant is used as a food flavouring and in perfumery...
Owing to its name, the Fragrant Granadilla has very fragrant flowers. The flowers are spectacular, 7-10 cm wide, the corona filaments variegated with red, white and purple.