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Passiflora riparia

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Martius ex Masters

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Peru
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riversides
• seasonally inundated areas
• floodplain forest
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May

Glabrous liana with leaves to 150mm x 80mm. Axillary racemes of fragrant white flowers, red inside with red, purple & white striped filaments, reddish bracts to 40mm long, calyx tube 10mm long, white green tinged-sepals to 50mm long, white petals, several series of corona filaments, outer series to 50mm long banded with blue or volet & white, innermost series to 2mm long. 40mm x 50mm yellow-orange fruit, tendrils

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE