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Accession Data:

Passiflora vitifolia HBK

  • subg. Passiflora

  • Common Name: Grape-leaved Passion Fruit
  • Family: Passifloraceae Juss. ex Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: Nicaragua, s. to Venezuela

  • Description: This vine, from Nicaragua, Venezuela and Peru, has three-lobed leaves and a handsome red flower, which makes it easy to identify. The fruit is medium-sized, oblong, yellow, and mildly acid.
  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700236
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1987
  • Bench: 3316 - NEOB: West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-02-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Passifloraceae
  • SubFamily: Passifloroideae
  • Tribe: Passifloreae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries

References (external):

  1. Shape Shifters at Virtual Herbarium
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

data regenerated on Sat, 02 Dec 2023 15:33:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Passiflora vitifolia

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Passifloraceae

Subfamily Passifloroideae
Tribe Passifloreae

  • Adenia globosa
  • Adenia repanda
  • Passiflora biflora
  • Passiflora boenderi
  • Passiflora coriacea
  • Passiflora edulis 'Possum Purple'
  • Passiflora lutea
  • Passiflora misera
  • Passiflora pardifolia
  • Passiflora suberosa
  • Passiflora trifasciata
  • Passiflora vitifolia

Subfamily Turneroideae

  • Turnera ulmifolia
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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