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Passifloraceae

Subfamily Passifloroideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Passiflora vitifolia HBK

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Grape-leaved Passion Fruit
  • Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: Nicaragua, s. to Venezuela
  • Habitat:

  • Description: This vine, from Nicaragua, Venezuela and Peru, has three-lobed leaves and a handsome red flower, which makes it easy to identify. The fruit is medium-sized, oblong, yellow, and mildly acid.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700236
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1987
  • Bench: 1317 - NEO:Andean Tropics C
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-15-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Passifloraceae
  • SubFamily: Passifloroideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. Shape Shifters at Virtual Herbarium

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