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Passiflora ambigua

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Hemsley

Common Names

• Injo
• Jujo
• Jujito
• Granadilla de Monte

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• montane forest
• lakeside
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Feb-May

Fruiting Times

• Feb-May

Large woody glabrous tendril vine with coriaceous leaves, entire or remotely serrulate, petiole with 2 glands near base. 120mm blue-purple flowers banded deep violet & white, white on outside, subtended by 3 large bracts to 50mm long. Orange-yellow fruit to 140mm diameter

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• Vanderplank 1996
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Standley