Passiflora vitifolia KunthFamily: Passifloraceae
Bulgarian: Пасифлора витифолиа
German: Rebenblättrige Passionsblume, Weinblättrige Passionsblume
French: Passiflore à feuilles de vigne
Swedish: Kardinalpassionsblomma
Turkish: Karpuz çarkıfeleği
Colombia: Cocorilla pintada, pinta guatinaja, Curuba de monte, Galapo, granadilla de monte,
Nicaragua: Granadilla
Common names: Perfumed Passion Flower, Grape Leaved Passion Fruit, granadilla del monte, passion flower
Vine or liana, stems to 3 cm diameter, all parts densely rusty-hairy, tendrils from leaf axils. Leaves alternate, deeply 3-lobed, 7–14 cm long, 9–14 cm wide, lobes tapered at tips, base round-lobed, margin toothed. Flowers bright red, very showy, 10–15 cm wide, petals 5, 4–6 cm long, narrow, crownlike floral center of 3 rows of filaments to 2 cm long, anthers 5, green; on leafless, lower branches in forest understory, sepals 5, 6–8 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, tips with a long, slender appendage; blooms on and off much of the year, mostly Jan.–Mar., often pollinated by hummingbirds. Fruit fleshy, yellow green with purple markings, egg-shaped, to 10 cm, with numerous black seeds about 1 cm long, probably eaten by mammals; fruit present [A Field Guide to Plants Of Costa Rica]
Published articles
1. POLLINATION INTENSITY AND POTENTIAL SEED SET IN PASSIFLORA-VITIFOLIA
Author(s): SNOW, AA - OECOLOGIA Volume: 55 Issue: 2 Pages: 231-237 DOI: 10.1007/BF00384492 Published: 1982
2. DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS AND AN ADDITIONAL SPECIES OF THE PASSIFLORA-VITIFOLIA COMPLEX - AMAZONIAN SPECIES-DIVERSITY DUE TO EDAPHICALLY DIFFERENTIATED COMMUNITIES
GENTRY, AH - PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION Volume: 137 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 95-105 DOI: 10.1007/BF00983208 Published: 1981
