Smelled like turpentine and looked like india ink (the Clovers)

 The item below does not look much like the potion sold in the 50s by Madam Ruth on 34th and Vine.  This is truly the nectar of the gods.  It is "maracuja", or in english, we know it as passion fruit.

I don't believe that I have ever seen it for sale in the states, though it can be found in Hawaii and a few places in drink form (usually in a delicious but adulterated mixture with orange and guava.  But pure and unmixed passion fruit juice is among the most delicious of all drinks.  I fell in love with it in Brasil many years ago and time has not faded its appeal to me.  We have lately been making a chilled mousse of it which is absolutely heavenly.  And as for its passion-inducing properties?  Well, I think its name comes from the enthusiasm of those who enjoy it rather than any other medicinal propertes.