Passifloraceae FAMILY
Passiflora quercetorum
Passiflora quercetorum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Passiflora quercetorum is a small, erect to weakly climbing or occasionally procumbent herbaceous perennial plant producing a clump of annual stems around 30 - 90cm tall[ 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
Origintemperate; tropical
Native RangeSouthern N. America (northern Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua)
HabitatDry oak forest, lower pine forest and the transitional contact zone[ 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 ]. Humus-rich soils among rocks on canyon slopes; at elevations from 1,050 - 1,500 metres[ 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 ].