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Passiflora murucuja

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Liane à Caleçon (Haiti)

Geographical Habitats

• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Dec All year (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Puerto Rico)

Slightly woody vine, bilobate glabrous leaves, solitary or paired axillary 50mm red to purple flowers, bright red calyx to 40mm long, red petals to 20mm long, red filaments to 15mm long, black-purple berry 15mm diameter

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Vanderplank 1996
• Mobot
• The Plant List
• VOPR
• SAFIO