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Passiflora aurantia
Passiflora aurantia
- Botanic Family
- Passifloraceae
- Author
- Forster f.
- Propagation
- C.
Common Names
- Blunt-leaved Passionfruit
- Ou-vli- nockie (New Hebrides)
Geographical Habitats
- Lord Howe Is.
- New South Wales
- Norfolk island
- Queensland - Australia
- Fiji
- Malaysia
- New Caledonia
- E. New Guinea
- New Hebrides
- Niue Is.
- Samoa
- Tonga
Natural Habitats
Flowering Times
- All Year (New Guinea)
- May-Jun
- Oct (Australia)
Fruiting Times
Evergreen glabrous or glabrescent tendril vine to 6m, with 3-5 lobed leaves to 100mm x 130mm sometimes coriaceous. Inflorescence with 2-3 bracteoles to 3mm and tendrils to 200mm, 110mm dia., white or cream flowers with orange below turning red, orange, salmon, pink or pale red sepals to 45mm x 20mm, whitish, creamy or reddish petals to 15mm x 5mm, double corona with dark red filaments, outer ones to 18mm inner ones to 20mm, coriaceous green ageing ivory fruit 50mm x 45mm. A pure white form is reported
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Vanderplank 1996
- JAA
- Flora Malesiana