Passifloraceae FAMILY

Passiflora adenopoda

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Passiflora adenopoda is a perennial climbing plant with stems that become somewhat woody at the base; The stems can grow 4 - 10 metres long, occasionally reaching 15 metres, and are up to 25mm in diameter. The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into nearby vegetation for support and attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 1171 Title Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes Publication Author Jerzy Rzedowski & Graciela Calderón de Rzedowski (Editors) Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Instituto de Ecología A.C. Centro Regional del Bajío; Mexico Year 0 ISBN 0188-5170 Description Spanish-language flora of northwestern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet , 1674 Title Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba Section Pseudodysosmia (Passifloraceae) Publication Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol 41 pp 1 - 146, 1994 Author MacDougal J.M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027834 Publisher American Society of Plant Taxonomists Year 1994 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama northwards to central Mexico

HabitatMoist to wet pre-montane to montane tropical and mixed forest, growing along forest edges and in secondary growth areas, often climbing through small trees or covering thickets, but sometimes persisting in a low secondary canopy[ 1674 Title Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba Section Pseudodysosmia (Passifloraceae) Publication Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol 41 pp 1 - 146, 1994 Author MacDougal J.M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25027834 Publisher American Society of Plant Taxonomists Year 1994 ISBN Description ].