Does anybody know what this fruit is ?!?

 There's a strange vine of some sorts that's growing alongside/inside my
passionfruit vine ... i don't know if it's the next door neighbours plant or
if it's just a weed, or what.

I pulled one off and was easily able to break it in half with my fingers to
take this photo so you can see inside and out:
http://i44.tinypic.com/10ie9ds.jpg

It's the size of a small apricot, has a smooth (not hairy) skin that is
apricot-orange, and has deep red seeds inside grouped together similar to
passionfruit, that remind me of those from a pomegranate.  It looks very
tempting to eat and I love fruit, so hopefully it's edible, but obviously im
not going to eat it until i can identify it

Thanks! :-)

 
Looks like a banana passionfruit and has probably come from the
rootstock of your passionfruit vine.  It is VERY vigorous (which is
why it is used as rootstock) and something of a noxious weed.  The
fruit are edible, but not nearly as tasty as your average Nellie Kelly
or granadilla passionfruit.

Tish

 awesome, thankyou very much Tish, and Merry Christmas!

my Mum said they might be banana passionfruit but wasn't 100%, and my
memories of banana passionfruit were that they were more longer than these
roundish ones im getting so I wasn't sure either

Everything suddenly makes sense now lol ...

Three years ago i planted 2 x Nelly Kelly vines, but only one of them took
off (and currently has approx 20 unripe passionfruit on it at present) .....
I thought the other one was dead, but it turns out only the Nelly Kelly
graft of it is dead ... the rootstock has shot off a vine of its own which
has basically gone down the entire side of my fence now -- very vigorous,
like you said.  It may even start causing problems for the Nelly Kelly vine
so I'll have to keep my eye on it to make sure they play well together

So now i've not only got a Nelly Kelly passionfruit vine, but also banana
passionfruit too lol ..... Christmas bonus! :-)

 ok well I've tried it, and you're right -- it's not anywhere near as tasty
as the Nelly Kelly it's growing besides lol
I remember trying a banana passionfruit when i was young but it was longer
and more elongated than the apricot-shaped ones I've got ... I guess the
ones I've got are just a weed-like variety chosen simply for the quality of
its rootstock

 The banana passionfruit I've eaten were long and more yellow than
orange, but it's some sort of passionfruit rootstock variety. I have a
mad rootstock invading my backyard, been trying to get rid of it for
years. I wouldn't be so cranky about it if it produced fruit of any
variety! Never planting a grafted passionfruit again, just not worth the
bother. The rootstock is way to invasive and useless.

good luck

jules

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