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Passiflora biflora

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

• Camacarlata
• Guate-guate
• Parche
• Ala de Murcielago
• Calzoncillo (Costa Rica)
• Ñorbito (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico to Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Venezuela
• Bahamas
• Ecuador
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• riverine forest
• disturbed areas
• lakeside
• coastal
• montane

Flowering Times

• Nov-Apr Jun-Aug

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Apr

Herbaceous tendril vine with bilobe or 3-lobed leaves, mostly glabrous. 40mm white or greenish-white flowers with yellow or mauve filaments, round purple fruit to 35mm diameter.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Vanderplank 1996
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Standley