Passiflora pinnatistipula

Botanical Description

Passiflora pinnatistipula is a vigorous, climbing plant producing rather stout stems that can be several metres long from a perennial rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground or clamber into nearby vegetation, supporting themselves by means of tendrils[ 330 Title ChileFlora Publication Author Website http://www.chileflora.com/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. , 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. , 504 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 24 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1931 ISBN Description A treatment of the edible fruits of Ecuador is jut one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine, for which purposes it is also sold in local markets. It is sometimes cultivated for its edible fruits in the Andean countries at elevations between 2,500 - 3,800 metres[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 508 Title The Ethnobotany of Chinchero. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 24 Author Franquemont C. Et al Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History. Year 1990 ISBN 0015-0746 Description Brief details on the local uses of plants for an Andean community in southern Peru. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ], and is also grown as an ornamental in gardens, valued especially for its very showy flowers[ 330 Title ChileFlora Publication Author Website http://www.chileflora.com/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. , 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ].