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Passiflora costata

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Masters

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• riversides
• seasonally inundated areas

Flowering Times

• May
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Nov

Liana or sometimes scandent subshrub with few tendrils. Puberulent branches, coriaceous leaves to 250mm x 160mm, puberulent beneath. White fragrant flowersto 70mm wide with bracts, 6 series of filaments, outermost to 20mm long, orange & reddish at middle, other filaments shorter, red filaments, corona orange-purple at base.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE