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Passiflora quadriglandulosa

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Rodschied

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

• Simutu
• Maracuja

Geographical Habitats

• West Indies
• Guyana
• Peru
• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Pará
• Piaui
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Tobago
• Trinidad
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Streamside
• forest
• floodplain forest
• forest
• woodland

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Oct

Herbaceous tendril vine with glabrescent stems. glabrous unlobed or 2-3 lobed leaves unequally serrated to 150mm x 80mm, puberulent on nerves above & puberulent beneate. Serulate bracts to 15mm x 5mm, deep pink or red flowers with calyx to 15mm long, sepals & petals to 80mm long, 3 ranks of corona filaments red, white & pink. 100mm yellow fruit with green lines & spots.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• Vanderplank 1996
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• FOPE