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Passiflora punctata

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Norbo
• Niorbo
• The Dotted Passion Flower
• Llantin de Monte

Geographical Habitats

• Ecuador
• N. Peru
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Bolivia
• Bahia - Brazil
• Colombia

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• tropical forest
• wooded grassland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• May
• Aug

Herbaceous glabrous tendril vine with 2-3-lobed glabrous leaves to 70mm x 120mm. Setacous bracts, 40mm wide green-white flowers with yellow-green sepals, 2-ranked purple-brown filaments tipped yellow, falcate outer filaments, white at base & 20mm black fruits.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Huxley 1992
• Vanderplank 1996
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• FOPE