Passiflora membranacea
Passifloraceae FAMILY

Passiflora membranacea

Passiflora membranacea

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Passiflora membranacea is an evergreen climbing shrub, producing stems from 5 - 25 metres long that scramble over the ground or attach themselves to other plants by means of coiling tendrils. The plant can climb into the canopy of trees[ 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. , 1673 Title Passifloraceae Publication Flora Mesoamericana, Volume 3 (2), Passifloraceae, pp 1 - 135 Author MacDougal J.M. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use[ 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 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 RangeC. America - Southern Mexico to Panama and Costa Rica.
HabitatHigh forest regions; at elevations up to 3,000 metres[ 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. ]. Dense, moist or wet, mixed forest, occasionally in oak forest, sometimes in exposed places in thickets, often on cliffs or in white sand; at elevations from 1,350 - 3,000 metres in Guatemala[ 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/ ]