Passiflora tripartita

Botanical Description

Passiflora tripartita is an evergreen, climbing shrub producing stems up to 5 metres long. These stems scramble over the ground or clamber into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of coiling tendrils[ 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. ]. The edible fruit is greatly appreciated locally, and is often gathered from the wild. The plant is also cultivated for its fruit in parts of the tropics, the fruit being sold in local markets in S. America[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 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. ].