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Passiflora lutea, commonly known as yellow passionflower, [1] is a flowering perennial vine in the family Passifloraceae, native to the central and eastern United States.The vine has three-lobed leaves and small, yellowish-green, fringed flowers that appear in the summer, followed by green fruit that turn almost black at maturity.
Passiflora caerulea - Common passionflower or Hardy Passion Flower is cold hardy and drought tolerant variety of passionflower grown from zones 6. [5] [6] [7] Passiflora foetida - is native to the desert southwest US and is cold hardy and drought tolerant variety of passionflower grown from zones 8. [1] [2]
The passion fruit is so called because it is one of the many species of passion flower, the English translation of the Latin genus name, Passiflora. [1] Around 1700, the name was given by missionaries in Brazil as an educational aid while trying to convert the indigenous inhabitants to Christianity; its name was flor das cinco chagas or "flower of the five wounds" to illustrate the crucifixion ...
Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. Description [ edit ]
The leaves are a shiny green with clearly defined veins, the flower is large, pink and green petalled with a yellow and white centre. The fruit is yellow-orange when ripe and contains a sweet edible orange-colored pulp with black seeds. Passiflora tarminiana is distinguished from P. tripartita var. mollissima by a number of features.
[1] – sea anemone passion flower; Passiflora acuminata DC. Passiflora adenophylla Mast. ‡ Passiflora adenopoda DC. Passiflora adulterina L.fil. Passiflora affinis Engelm. Passiflora aimae Annonay & Feuillet ‡ Passiflora alata Curtis – winged-stem passion flower, ouvaca; Passiflora alliacea Barb. Rodr. Passiflora allantophylla Mast. ex ...
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