Passiflora edulis Sims

Herbaceous perennial climber ; up to 15 m long , glabrous . Stems ± terete , striate ; internodes up to 9 cm . long . Leaves with leaf-lamina up to 13 × 15 cm , 3-lobed to below the middle of the lamina , the lobes 2–4 cm wide , acute or acuminate , rarely subobtuse , serrate , rounded or shallowly cordate at base , subcoriaceous , pale green or yellow-green , glossy above , paler and not glossy beneath ; stipules c . 10 × 1 mm . , linear-subulate , entire or minutely glandular-serrulate ; petiole up to 4 cm long , with 2 glands at the apex , the glands sessile or shortly stipitate ; tendrils c . 10 cm long , stout , simple . Inflorescences solitary ; peduncles up to 6 cm long , stout ; bracts 2–2 . 5 × 1–1 . 5 cm , ovate , obtuse or acute at the apex , serrate , pectinate or almost lacerate , often glandular at margin . Flowers extremely showy , bowl-shaped , fragrant , purple-white , bisexual , up to 7 cm in diameter ; sepals 3–3 . 5 × 1 cm , oblong , ... horned , green outside , white inside ; petals 2 . 5–3 × 0 . 5–0 . 7 cm . , oblong , obtuse , white ; ovary ovoid or globose , sericeo-tomentose or glabrous . Fruit berry-like , 4–5 cm in diameter , with coriaceous-leathery pericarp , globose to ellipsoid , yellow or purple . Seeds many , 3–4 mm , ovoid , minutely reticulate . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .

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Not Evaluated (NE)

Not Common

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