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Passiflora capsularis

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Calzoncillo
• Maracuja Branco Miudo

Geographical Habitats

• Nicaragua to C. Brazil
• Paraguay
• Greater Antilles
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Panama
• Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Goiás
• Matto Grosso
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Dominican Republic
• French Guiana
• Haiti
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Uruguay
• Windward Islands
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• forests
• coastal
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Nov (Para.)

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Pubescent herbaceous liana with 2-lobed downy leaves with awn in recess between lobes. 60mm greenish-white or reddish flowers & 60mm hexagonal dark-brown to purple-brown fruits.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Huxley 1992
• Vanderplank 1996
• P & R 1997
• net
• Mobot
• FB
• RHS A-Z
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• Standley