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Passiflora bryonioides

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

H.B. Kunth

Common Names

• Cocapitos
• Pasionaria del Monte
• Granadina
• Tololochi
• Sandía Cimarrón
• Pasionaria
• Cocapitos
• Chiches de Liebre (Mexico)

Geographical Habitats

• Guanajuato
• Sonora - Mexico
• S. Arizona
• New Mexico
• Texas - U.S.A.

Natural Habitats

• Thorn scrub
• forest
• shrubland
• hedgerows

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (Mexico)

Perennial reclining or climbing tendril vine to 2m with hirsute foliage & barbed hairs. Hispid 3-5-lobed sharply toothed leaves to 100mm x 120mm with serrate margins. Inflorescence with 2 setaceous bractlets to 7mm x 0.6mm, 30mm diameter green-white or mauve flowers with slightly sweet odour, greenish-yellow to whitish sepals to 20mm x 8mm, greenish-white to cream petals to 13mm x 4mm, 34-47 coronal filaments to 12mm long, whitish with light violet or purple band. Yellowish-green glabrous berries speckled white to 45mm x 25mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Vanderplank 1996
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• Academia (John M. MacDougal)