Passifloraceae FAMILY

Passiflora auriculata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Passiflora auriculata is a climbing, herbaceous perennial plant producing stems usually 3 - 6 metres long, sometimes reaching up to 10 metres. The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation for support, where they attach themselves by means of tendrils[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. , 1673 Title Passifloraceae Publication Flora Mesoamericana, Volume 3 (2), Passifloraceae, pp 1 - 135 Author MacDougal J.M. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua; Caribbean - Trinidad

HabitatOpen, weedy vegetation in Pinus cultivations, climbing into shrubs in savannahs, secondary forest vegetation on white sands[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ]. Dense or open forests, riversides, savannah, upland or seasonally flooded rainforest, secondary forest[ 1675 Title A taxonomic revision of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba (Passifloraceae) in Brazil Publication Phytotaxa 53; 1-68, 2012 Author Milward de Azeved M.A.; Fernando J.; Baumgratz A. & Gonçalve Publisher Magnolia Press; Auckland Year 2012 ISBN 1179-3155 Description ].