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I found large vines of Passion flowers by the hilly side (not easily accessible) of the waterfall cascade at Lake Balboa, LA, CA on 5.4.15. (Looking up at the cascade, on the right side.) "Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous." Many gorgeous flowers transform into edible fruits consisting of a hard dark purple egg-shaped shell, filled with seeds and juice inside. Fruit is ripe when fairly firm yet wrinkly and falls off vine. Used as juice, baked goods, icecream, etc. (Barnacle Scale bugs can kill entire huge vines.)