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Passiflora nitida

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

H.B. Kunth

Common Names

• Bell Apple
• Semito
• Maricouia
• Maracuja de Cheiro

Geographical Habitats

• W. Colombia
• Guyana
• S. Panama
• Peru
• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• disturbed areas
• seasonally inundated areas
• riversides
• streamside forest. Fruit edible

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Herbaceous or woody glabrous tendril vine with undulate-denticulate or serrulate leaves to 170mm x 100mm. 110mm wide white & purple-blue flowers with bracts to 35mm wide, , reddish calyx, sepals white within, white petals, corona filament in several series, 2 outer series to 35mm long, white & pink-spotted at base, banded blue & white at meddle & white at apex, inner filaments shorter. 70mm red fruits

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Vanderplank 1996
• Mobot
• net
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE