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Passiflora foetida var. hispida

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

(de Candolle ex Triana & Planchon) Killip

Common Names

• Mariguja
• Marie Goucha
• Merekuia
• Le Meku
• Wild Semitoo (Creole)
• Baby Semitoo (Creole)
• Mis Mis (Creole)
• Semetho (Arawak)
• Nuno Inyeropo (Carib)
• Merehkuyu (Warao)

Geographical Habitats

• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands
• Antilles
• South America
• Old World Tropics

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• abandoned fields

Flowering Times

• Jul-Jan (Guyana)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Jan (Guyana)

Tendril climber, yellowish-brown hispid stems, axillary tendrils. Hispid-hirsute 3-5 lobed leaves to 80mm x 70mm, Less hairy than P. foetida. Axillary solitary white-tinged blue flowers to 15mm long with bracts to 35mm long, 5 sepals, 5 petals with several series of white & purple filaments to 1.5mm long. Glabrous ribbed yellow edible berry to 30mm diameter.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• JAA
• Smithsonian