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Passiflora coccinea (common names scarlet passion flower, red passion flower) is a fast-growing vine. The vine is native to northern South America. It produces edible fruit. Most plants cultivated as Passiflora coccinea turn out to be Passiflora miniata Vanderpl. [citation needed]
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 ]
Passiflora racemosa, the red passion flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae, native to Brazil. It is an evergreen climber growing to 5 m (16 ft), with simple or 3-lobed leaves to 10 cm (4 in) long, and vivid red flowers borne in summer. The flowers are 12 cm (5 in) in diameter, with purple and white coronas.
Passiflora edulis, commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to the region of southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina. [1] It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its sweet, seedy fruit .
Passiflora vines and Dryas iulia (among other heliconian butterflies) have demonstrated evidence of coevolution, in which the plants attempted to stop their destruction from larval feeding by the butterflies, while the butterflies tried to gain better survival for their eggs.
[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 ...
The flowers are bright red, up to 9 cm diameter. The fruit is a berry 5 cm long and 3 cm broad, with green flesh speckled with white, slight downy hairs, containing numerous seeds . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The fruit is quite sour when it falls off the plant and can take a month to ripen to its full flavor of sour strawberries. [ 4 ]
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]