Passiflora coccinea Aubl.

Scarlet passionflower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Passifloraceae > Passiflora

Characteristics

A creeping vine. It grows 10-15 m long. The leaves are oval and without teeth. The leaves are 10-14 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. They are hairy. The flowers are attractive. The tepals are curved back. The flowers are 5 cm wide and bright red. The fruit are round. They are 4.5 cm long by 5 cm wide. The seeds are 5 mm long. The fruit can be orange or red. The fruit are edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant. In Bolivia it grows to 900 m altitude. It needs average moisture in hot weather. It needs an average to fertile, well-drained soil. It can grow in full or part sun. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.
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Forest edges and scrubland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The fruit are used to make juice.
Uses medicinal
Edible flowers fruits
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. They can also be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 29
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Habit

Passiflora coccinea habit picture by Liliane Liliane Azevedo Richieri (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Passiflora coccinea leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Passiflora coccinea leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Passiflora coccinea flower picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Passiflora coccinea flower picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Passiflora coccinea flower picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Passiflora coccinea fruit picture by LAR Lili (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Passiflora coccinea world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Peru, El Salvador, Suriname, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674909-1
WFO ID wfo-0000479833
COL ID 4DYBJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630327
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tacsonia fulgens Passiflora velutina Tacsonia coccinea Passiflora fulgens Passiflora toxicaria Passiflora monnieri Passiflora coccinea var. minor Passiflora coccinea var. velutina Passiflora coccinea