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Passiflora ligularis

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Jussieu

Common Names

• Granadilla
• Sweet Granadilla
• Water Lemon
• Granadilla de China
• Pomme d'or
• True Granadilla
• Jamaican Watermelon
• Lemi wai (Hawaiian)
• Lani wai (Hawaian)
• Lemona (Hawaiian)

Geographical Habitats

• C. America to Venezuela
• W. Bolivia
• Mexico
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• roadside.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Glabrous liana with leaves to 150mm x 130mm. 120mm fragrant white-pink & purple flowers with blue tipped filaments banded white & purple & 80mm long with connate bracts, sepals white within, petals white or pinkish-white, corona with 5-7 ranks of filaments. 2 outer ranks same size as petals. Yellow, orange or purplish edible fruits 88mm x 50mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Vanderplank 1996
• FOH
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE