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Passiflora morifolia
Passiflora morifolia
- Botanic Family
- Passifloraceae
- Author
- M.T. Masters
- Propagation
- C.L.S.
Common Names
- Pachiito (Argentina)
- Granadilla (Guatemala)
- Pachio Azulito (Argentina)
Geographical Habitats
- N. Argentina
- Bolivia
- Mato Grosso
- Minas Gerais
- Rio Grande do Sul
- São Paulo - Brazil
- Colombia
- Guatemala
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
- Forests
- thickets
- forest edges
- secondary vegetation.
Flowering Times
- All year Jul-Aug (Guatemala)
Fruiting Times
Tendril liana with hispid stems to 6m. Trilobatedentate or 5 lobed denticulate pilose leaves to 130mm 135mm, lobes crenate. Inflorescence with bracts to 6mm x 0.3mm, 30mm purple marked white or green slightly scented flowers to 30mm wide with setaceous bracts, greenish-white sepals mottled red within to 20mm x 8mm, white petals to 11mm x 4.5mm, 38-65 filaments in a single series of corona filaments to 11mm long, white banded mauve & purple. Purple or black pilose fruit to 50mm x 35mm
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Vanderplank 1996
- P & R 1997
- Mobot
- FB
- The Plant List 2
- NYBG
- Fedde
- FOPE
- Academia (John M. MacDougal)