Passiflora aurantioides (K.Schum.) Krosnick

Perennial liana to 45 m long, with simple axillary tendrils, glabrous. Stem terete, robust. Stipules triangular, 1–2 mm long. Leaves alternate; lamina, simple, ovate, (7–) 12–18 (–23) cm long, (3–) 5–10 (–12) cm wide, with (0–) 1–4 (–6) glands scattered along abaxial primary veins, apex acute or oblique, base oblique, margin entire; petiole 1–4 cm long, with (0–) 2 (–4) glands (0.5–2 mm diam.) in lower third. Inflorescences (1–) 2–8 (–16)-flowered, primary axis terminated by a flower; peduncle (0–) 1–3 (–6) cm long. Flowers functionally unisexual, 10–20 mm diam.; pedicels (0.3–) 0.5–3 (–6) cm long; bracts 2, triangular, 1–2 (–4) mm long, c. 1 mm wide. Sepals (4) 5, greenish white abaxially, white adaxially, (4–) 7–12 mm long. Petals (4) 5, greenish white abaxially, white adaxially, (3–) 7–12 mm long. Corona 2 series of filaments, greenish white; outer series (3–) 5–7 mm long; inner series 1.5–3 mm long; operculum white with an orange band at apex, membranous, striated, 2–4 mm long, upper margin fimbriate. Androgynophore 0.5–20 mm long, straight. Stamens (3–) 4–5, smaller in female flowers. Styles 3 (4), stigmas sessile in male flowers. Fruit a globose berry, 2–5 cm diam., orange-red when mature. Seeds reticulate.

 Lowland complex mesophyll vine forest.

In the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, an extract made from the leaves is used to wash children to protect them from colds (Krosnick et al. 2009).