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Passiflora alata

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Curtis

Common Names

• The Winged-Stem Passion Flower
• Maracuja de Refresco
• Sweet Lilikoi

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Peru
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Espirito Santo
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Argentina
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Mexico
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• wet forest
• primary forest.

Flowering Times

• All Year

Fruiting Times

• All Year

Perennial woody evergreen glabrous tendril liana with quadrangular tetragonally winged branches. Glabrous leaves to 150mm x 100mm. Fragrant 150mm wide carmine-red flowers with red-white-purple banded filaments in 4 ranks, with bracts to 15mm long. 150mm x 50mm yellow or orange pear-shaped fruits with white markings.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Vanderplank 1996
• P & R. 1997
• Llamas 2003
• RHS A-Z
• Mobot
• net
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE