Passiflora amethystina J.C.Mikan

Species

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Characteristics

A climbing herb. It keeps growing for a few years. It has tendrils. The stem is cylinder shaped and has grooves. The leaves have 3 lobes. They are 4-12 cm long. The leaf stalk has a canal on top. The stalk is 2-6 cm long. It has 3-8 glands. The flowers occur singly and are 6-10 cm across. The fruit are oval with pointy ends. They are green and 4-5 cm across and 9-10 cm long. They have a juicy sweet pulp.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A subtropical plant. It grows naturally on the edges of forests in Brazil. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
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Forest edges and scrubland.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh.
Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Passiflora amethystina flower picture by Senger Mario (cc-by-sa)
Passiflora amethystina flower picture by Vitor Memoria (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Passiflora amethystina world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Paraguay, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674776-1
WFO ID wfo-0000479992
COL ID 4DY6X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Passiflora bangii Passiflora onychina Passiflora laminensis Passiflora violacea Decaloba onychina Passiflora cornuta Passiflora sulivani Passiflora amethystina