Passifloraceae FAMILY

Passiflora platyloba

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Passiflora platyloba is a small, herbaceous climbing plant, scrambling over the ground or climbing into other plants and supporting itself by means of tendrils[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The edible fruit is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use. The plant is often grown as an ornamental[ 262 Title Passion Flowers Publication Author Vanderplank. J. Publisher Cassell. London. Year 1991 ISBN 0-304-34076-6 Description 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCentral America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala.

HabitatMoist or dry, often rocky thickets, on plains or hillsides, at elevations from 150 - 1,400 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].