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Passiflora tripartita
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Passiflora tripartita

Passiflora tripartita

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Climber
Growth—

Passiflora tripartita is a plant of the tropics, usually found at elevations above 2,400 metres. Plants require a temperature no lower than around 16°c when they are flowering in order to ensure fruit set[1]. Plants can tolerate occasional low temperatures down to -5°c[2]. Plants dislike periods of dry weather longer than about 4 weeks[2]. Requires a humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil and a position in dappled shade where it can grow up towards the sun[3]. Prefers a circumneutral soil, disliking very acid or very alkaline conditions[3]. Passiflora species tend to flower and fruit more freely when grown in soils of only moderate fertility[1]. Plants are very tolerant of pruning and can be cut back to ground level if required to rejuvenate the plant[4]. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus[1].

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe along with the pulp which will help break down the seed coat and speed up germination[3]. Stored seed should be soaked for 24 hours in warm water and germination time can be reduced if the seed is then mixed with the juice of a fresh passion fruit (of any species)[3]. Even so, it can take 12 months for stored seed to germinate[3]. Place the seed tray in a shady position, maintaining a temperature around 19 - 24°c[3]. Prick the seedlings out into individual containers as soon as they are large enough to handle and plant out when large enough[3]. Cuttings of young shoots, taken at the nodes. Layering. Very easy[3]. Air layering. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Passiflora+tripartita>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  2. [2]ChileFlora — http://www.chileflora.com/index.html ↩︎Not realy a flora, but a lovely site with lots of helpful information for the gardener and an abundance of excellent photos covering over 2,000 species of Chilean plants.
  3. [3]Passion Flowers — Vanderplank. J. · Cassell. London. · 1991 · ISBN 0-304-34076-6 ↩︎An excellent book on passion flowers, giving information on hardy species and how to grow the less hardy in greenhouses etc. A bit lacking at times on specific information on hardyness. Excellent photographs.
  4. [4]Climbers and Wall Shrubs. — Davis. B. · Viking. · 1990 · ISBN 0-670-82929-3 ↩︎Contains information on 2,000 species and cultivars, giving details of cultivation requirements. The text is terse but informative.
  5. [5]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  6. [6]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
  7. [7]The American Species of Passifloraceae Parts 1 & 2 — Killip E.P. · 1938 ↩︎An immnse work, rather dated now but still an excellent source of information
  8. [8]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 24 — Smithsonian Institute; Washington. · 1931 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A treatment of the edible fruits of Ecuador is jut one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the internet.
  9. [9]Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North, — Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M. · 2014 ↩︎A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
  10. [10]Dicionário das Plantas Úteis do Basil e das Exóticas Cultivadas Vol. 5 — Corrêa M. Pio & Penna L. de Azeredo · Ministério da Agricultura; Rio de Janeiro · 1978 ↩︎A massive work in six volumes, first published in the 1920's and revised in the 1970's. Written in Portuguese.
  11. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎