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Passiflora mixta

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Linnaeus f.

Propagation

C.L.S.

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

• Tacso
• Curuba
• Curubita
• Tumbo
• Monti-tumbo
• Xamppajrrai
• Guyan

Geographical Habitats

• C. Venezuela
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• S. Peru
• C. Bolivia

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Mostly glabrous tendril evergreen vine with tomentose or glabrous 3-lobed leaves 100mm x 170mm, with serrated lobes, pubescent beneath. 110mm pink or pinky orange flowers with bracts to 50mm long, calyx tube to 110mm x10mm, yellow-green to orange outside & cream inside, sepals to 40mm long, pink to orange-red petals, mauve or purple filaments. Yellow fruit to 60mm x 25mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Vanderplank 1996
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE