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Passiflora tulae

Botanic Family

Passifloraceae

Author

Urban

Common Names

• Tagua-tagua Serrana
• Flor de Pasión

Geographical Habitats

• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane areas
• forest margins

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr Nov-Apr (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun Feb-Jun (Puerto Rico)

Slightly woody vine with simple tendrils. Bilobed leaves 90mm x 100mm, glabrous above, puberulent beneath. Axillary solitary or paired 80mm pink or orange flowers with orange or yellow filaments to 15mm long, pink-violet sepals 40mm x 8mm, floral tube to 5mm x 8mm, petals same colour to 40mm long. Green berry to 20mm x 14mm

Further References

• Vanderplank 1996
• Mobot
• VOPR
• The Plant List 2
• SAFIO