Passiflora vitifolia

Crimson passion flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Passifloraceae
Genus:	Passiflora
Species:	P. vitifolia
Binomial name
Passiflora vitifolia Kunth

Passiflora vitifolia, the perfumed passionflower,^[1] is a species of Passiflora, native to southern Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northwestern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Description

It is a vine with cylindric stems covered in red-brown hairs when young. The leaves are serrate, three-lobed, up to 15 cm long and 18 cm broad. The lobed leaves' resemblance to grape leaves gives this passionflower its specific epithet, "vitifolia," meaning "grape leaves" after the Latin for grape "vitis." The flowers are bright red, up to 9 cm diameter. The fruit is a berry 5 cm long and 3 cm broad, with green flesh speckled with white, slight downy hairs, containing numerous seeds.^[2][3][4] The fruit is quite sour when it falls off the plant and can take a month to ripen to its full flavor of sour strawberries.^[4] Due to the fragrant fruit, it is in small-scale cultivation in the Caribbean.^[4]

Image Gallery

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  Passiflora vitifolia
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  Tacsonia sanguinea Sm.
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  unripe fruit

References

Section AstropheaSection CoccineaSection Decaloba

Auriculata	auriculata fanchonae ferruginea jatunsachensis
Bryonioides	adenopoda bryonioides colimensis dioscoreifolia dolichocarpa exsudans gracilis karwinskii lobata morifolia oaxacensis pendens pilosa podadenia pterocarpa quercetorum sicyoides trichopoda uncinata
Cieca	clypeophylla coriacea eglandulosa juliana lancifolia macfadyenii mcvaughiana obtusifolia pallida sexocellata suberosa tenuiloba tridactylites trinifolia viridiflora xiikzodz
Decaloba	affinis allantophylla alnifolia amalocarpa anadenia andersonii andreana anfracta apetala azeroana berteroana bicornis bicrura bicuspidata biflora bilobata boenderi bogotensis bucaramangensis calcicola candollei capsularis carnosisepala chelidonea chrysosepala citrina lutea rubra sanguinolenta tulae urnifolia vespertilio viridescens xiikzodz yucatanensis
Disemma	aurantia aurantioides cinnabarina cochinchinensis cupiformis eberhardtii henryi herbertiana hollrungii jiangfengensis jugorum kwangtungensis leschenaultii moluccana papilio perakensis siamica xishuangbannaensis
Hahniopathanthus	cissampeloides guatemalensis hahnii membranacea quetzal

DeidamioidesDistephanaLaurifolia

Laurifolia	ambigua acuminata laurifolia nitida
Quadrangulares	alata christianii marcocarpa quadrangularis trialata
Tiliifolia	ligularis maliformis seemannii

Passiflora

Passiflora

bahiensis cincinnata edulis filamentosa incarnata malacophylla mayarum palmatisecta pedata prolata recurva serratifolia setacea trintae

Stipulata

actinia amethystina arida bahamensis caerulea castellanosii catharinensis chocoensis crassifolia cyanea deltoifolia dispar eichleriana elegans exura foetida galbana garckei gardneri gibertii gritensis imbeana jilekii loefgrenii lonchophora madidiana mapiriensis menispermifolia mooreana mucronata mucugeana oerstedii picturata racemosa resticulata retipetala saccoi setulosa sprucei subpeltata subrotunda tenuifolia trisulca tucumanensis umbilicata urbaniana urubiciensis

Tacsonia

Boliviana	gracilens
Colombiana	adulterina ampullacea antioquiensis crispolanata cremastantha cuatrecasasii coactilis cremastantha flexipes formosa lanata leptomischa linearistipula pamplonensis quindeinsis rigidifolia rugosa tenerifensis trianae truxillensis unipetala
Elkea	anastomosans brachyantha cumbalensis jamesonii linda luzmarina roseorum sanctae-barbarae tarminiana tripartita zamorana
Fimbriatistipula	fimbriatistipula uribei
Insignes	carrascoensis insignis lanceolata mandonii pilosicorona pinnatistipula
Manicata	macropoda manicata peduncularis trisecta
Parritana	jardinensis parritae
Tasconia	amazonica matthewsii mixta schlimiana
Rathea	andina harlingii colombiana
Tasconiopsis	bracteosa purdiei
Trifoliata	trifoliata